{"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23204", "qid": "Q23204", "description": "ceremonial county of England", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [495, 1643], "span_label": ["495 CE", "1643 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wiltshire", "label": "Wiltshire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dorset", "label": "Dorset", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sussex", "label": "Kingdom of Sussex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chester", "label": "Chester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 495, "year_label": "495 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Cerdic of Wessex and his son, Cynric, land somewhere on the south coast, probably near the Hampshire-Dorset border. Their followers establish the beginnings of the Kingdom of Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907640#Britannia", "title": "495", "revid": 1364907640, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 642, "year_label": "642 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "A monastic settlement is founded in Hampshire (England) which later becomes Winchester Cathedral.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634849#Religion", "title": "642", "revid": 1367634849, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 661, "year_label": "661 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Wulfhere appoints Æthelwealh as king of Sussex, and Æthelwealh is baptized in Mercia. He receives the recently-conquered territories in modern-day Hampshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804600#Britain", "title": "661", "revid": 1340804600, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Centwine of Wessex dies after a 9-year reign and is succeeded by his distant cousin, Cædwalla, who manages to fully re-unite the sub-kingdoms of Wessex. He attacks Sussex with a large army, and kills King Æthelwealh in battle, in the South Downs (Hampshire). He is expelled by Æthelwealh's ealdormen, Berthun and Andhun, who jointly rule the South Saxons. Cædwalla invades Kent, lays it waste, and carries off an immense booty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Britain", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Cædwalla conquers Surrey, and tries to exterminate the Jutes of the Isle of Wight. He executes King Arwald and his two brothers. Cædwalla probably also overruns the Meonware, a Jutish people who live in the Meon Valley (Hampshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Britain", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Sigeberht of Wessex acts unjustly and is removed from power by a council of nobles, in favor of Cynewulf. Sigeberht is given control of Hampshire, probably as ealdorman, but he murders one of his own men and is driven out.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#Britain", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Battle of Edington: Supported by all the levies of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, Alfred the Great decisively defeats the main body of Danish Vikings, led by King Guthrum, at modern-day Edington, Wiltshire (near Bratton Castle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia refortifies Chester against Viking attacks. King Edward the Elder founds Romsey Abbey (Hampshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#Britain", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 967, "year_label": "967 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Re-foundation of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire by King Edgar I (the Peaceful). He appoints Merewenna, an English noblewoman, as abbess who becomes a foster mother to Princess Ælfflæd (a step-daughter of Edgar).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364919490#Religion", "title": "967", "revid": 1364919490, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 980, "year_label": "980 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Viking raids from Scandinavia threaten the southern English coast after a pause of 25 years. Hampshire and the Isle of Thanet are ravaged.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364109392#England", "title": "980", "revid": 1364109392, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1067, "year_label": "1067 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Winchester Castle in Hampshire is founded by William I; it is later one of the seats of government of the Norman kings ruling England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260536#England", "title": "1067", "revid": 1365260536, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1150, "year_label": "1150 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Christchurch Priory located in Hampshire is founded by Earl Baldwin de Redvers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362164290#Britain", "title": "1150", "revid": 1362164290, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1231, "year_label": "1231 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – King Henry III orders the sheriffs of Hampshire, Dorsetshire and Wiltshire to give Simon de Montfort the possession of the lands of his father, Simon de Montfort the elder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488978#Britain", "title": "1231", "revid": 1367488978, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1445, "year_label": "1445 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – King Henry VI of England marries Margaret of Anjou, daughter of René of Anjou, the former King of Naples, at a ceremony at Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372937#April–June", "title": "1445", "revid": 1370372937, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1497, "year_label": "1497 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Leaders of the Second Cornish Uprising surrender to the King at Taunton; the following day, Warbeck, having deserted his army, is captured at Beaulieu Abbey in Hampshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372862240#October–December", "title": "1497", "revid": 1372862240, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – First English Civil War: At the Battle of Alton in Hampshire, the Parliamentarians defeat the Royalists.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#October–December", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}