{"slug": "leicester", "label": "Leicester", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83065", "qid": "Q83065", "description": "city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [918, 1755], "span_label": ["918 CE", "1755 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavian-york", "label": "Scandinavian York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vi-of-england", "label": "Henry VI of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-vii-of-england", "label": "Henry VII of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "richard-iii-of-england", "label": "Richard III of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orleans", "label": "Orléans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanging", "label": "Hanging", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coventry", "label": "Coventry", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 918, "year_label": "918 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia begins to intrigue with disaffected factions within the Norse Kingdom of York (also referred to as Jórvik). Mercian troops ravage the local countryside and peacefully overrun the fortress of Leicester (belonging to the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, King Edward the Elder, takes Stamford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509557#Britain", "title": "918", "revid": 1341509557, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1215, "year_label": "1215 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Eleanor of England, countess of Leicester (d. 1275)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359458031#Births", "title": "1215", "revid": 1359458031, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1275, "year_label": "1275 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – Eleanor of England, countess of Leicester (b. 1215)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270169#Deaths", "title": "1275", "revid": 1365270169, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1426, "year_label": "1426 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 18", "text": "February 18 – The English Parliament, nicknamed the Parliament of Bats because the members are not allowed to carry swords and arm themselves with clubs to defend themselves, is opened by King Henry VI at Leicester. The House of Commons elects Richard Vernon as its speaker.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360579570#January–March", "title": "1426", "revid": 1360579570, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1426, "year_label": "1426 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – King Henry VI summons the Parliament of England, directing its members to meet at Leicester on February 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360579570#January–March", "title": "1426", "revid": 1360579570, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1485, "year_label": "1485 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – At the Battle of Bosworth Field, King Richard III of England is killed in battle by the soldiers of Rhys ap Thomas and Sir William Stanley, in the service of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond. With the death of King Richard, the Yorkist troops retreat. King Richard's remains will lie undiscovered for 517 years until 2012when they are found during the excavation of a parking lot in Leicester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364736343#July–September", "title": "1485", "revid": 1364736343, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, one of the English conspirators in Wyatt's rebellion, leads troops from Leicester to Coventry, but the group finds that the gates of the city are closed because the rebellion has been exposed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#January–March", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Elizabeth Rutter is hanged as a witch in Middlesex, England, Agnes Berrye in Enfield, and nine women in Leicester on the testimony of a raving 13-year-old named John Smith, under the Witchcraft Act 1603. In Orkney, Elspeth Reoch is tried. In France Leger (first name unknown) is condemned for witchcraft on May 6, Sylvanie de la Plaine is burned at Pays de Labourde as a witch, and in Orléans eighteen witches are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – English Civil War: Prince Rupert's army sacks Leicester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#April–June", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1755, "year_label": "1755 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Wolsey, the clothes manufacturer, is established in Leicester, England; the business celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2005.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360194188#Date_unknown", "title": "1755", "revid": 1360194188, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}]}