{"slug": "james-oglethorpe", "label": "James Oglethorpe", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oglethorpe", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q527835", "qid": "Q527835", "description": "British Army general, founder of the Georgia colony (1696-1785)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1696, 1785], "span_label": ["1696 CE", "1785 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "savannah-georgia", "label": "Savannah, Georgia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "province-of-georgia", "label": "Province of Georgia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia as a colony (d. 1785)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#October–December", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – James Oglethorpe, a member of the British House of Commons, begins service as the Chairman of the Gaols Committee to investigate the conditions of Britain's jails and prisons after the death in Fleet Prison of his friend, Robert Castell. The Oglethorpe Committee's report propels Oglethorpe to fame and leads to the beginning of British penal reforms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#January–March", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#April–June", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#January–March", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1734, "year_label": "1734 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Chief Tomochichi of the Yamacraw band of the Muscogee Nation ends a successful four and a half month visit to Great Britain, along with Georgia Governor James Oglethorpe and other Yamacraw Indians, after having signed the cession of the area of modern day Savannah, Georgia to the Georgia Company. On June 16, he and the Muscogee delegation (Senauki, Toonahowi, Hillispilli, Umpichi, Apokutchi, Santachi and Stimaletchi) had been welcomed as guests of King George II. The group departs on HMS Aldborough after completing the visit by the largest delegation of Native Americans since 1616.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363450203#October–December", "title": "1734", "revid": 1363450203, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – James Oglethorpe departs from Georgia to England and returns there in September.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#July–September", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1754, "year_label": "1754 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – The British North American Province of Georgia is created. Originally established in 1732 as a place for impoverished English citizens and debt prison parolees to make a new life, is given its first royal government. Administered for 22 years by the Board of Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, chaired by philanthropist James Oglethorpe, the colony is transferred by the Trustees to the British crown's Board of Trade and Plantations. King George II, for whom the colony was named, follows the Board's recommendation by proclaiming Georgia a royal province, and appointing Royal Navy Captain John Reynolds as the first Royal Governor. Reynolds arrives in Savannah on October 29 to take office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360193273#July–September", "title": "1754", "revid": 1360193273, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 30", "text": "June 30 – James Oglethorpe, English general, founder of the state of Georgia (b. 1696)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#Deaths", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Deaths"}}]}