{"slug": "isle-of-thanet", "label": "Isle of Thanet", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q590422", "qid": "Q590422", "description": "former island in Kent, England", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [447, 1216], "span_label": ["447 CE", "1216 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-kent", "label": "Kingdom of Kent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "missionary", "label": "Missionary", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "canterbury", "label": "Canterbury", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thelberht-of-kent", "label": "Æthelberht of Kent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "augustine-of-canterbury", "label": "Augustine of Canterbury", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vortigern", "label": "Vortigern", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-ii-of-france", "label": "Philip II of France", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 447, "year_label": "447 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Vortigern, king of the Britons, receives the Saxon leaders Hengist and Horsa \"as friends\" and grants the brothers the Isle of Thanet, most easterly point of Kent (England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367502819#Europe", "title": "447", "revid": 1367502819, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 449, "year_label": "449 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Traditional date – Hengist and Horsa, by tradition chieftains of the Jutes, land at Isle of Thanet, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at the invitation of Vortigern. The Britons form a military alliance with them against the Picts and Scoti. Bede considers this the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354021999#Europe", "title": "449", "revid": 1354021999, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 596, "year_label": "596 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gregorian Mission: Augustine of Canterbury lands with a group of missionaries on the Isle of Thanet (South East England). He is welcomed by King Æthelberht of Kent, who accepts baptism along with the rest of his court at the behest of his Christian Frankish wife, Bertha. Æthelbert assigns Augustine and his 40 monks a residence at Canterbury (Kent), where they found a Benedictine monastery that will make the town a centre of Christianity (or 597).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739187#Religion", "title": "596", "revid": 1364739187, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Gregorian Mission: Augustine of Canterbury lands with a group of missionaries on the Isle of Thanet (South East England). He is welcomed by King Æthelberht of Kent, who accepts baptism (along with the rest of his court) at the behest of his Christian Frankish wife, Bertha. Æthelbert assigns Augustine and his 40 monks a residence at Canterbury, where they found a Benedictine monastery that will make the town a centre of Christianity (or 596).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Religion", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "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": 1216, "year_label": "1216 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Prince Louis of France, son of King Philip II (\"Augustus\"), invades England in support of the barons, landing in Thanet. He enters London without opposition, and is proclaimed, but not crowned, King of England at Old St Paul's Cathedral. In June, Louis captures Rochester Castle and Winchester, and soon controls over half of the English kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371079230#Europe", "title": "1216", "revid": 1371079230, "section": "Events › By continent › Europe"}}]}