{"slug": "leith", "label": "Leith", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1018540", "qid": "Q1018540", "description": "suburb of Edinburgh and former municipal burgh in Scotland", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1298, 1744], "span_label": ["1298 CE", "1744 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "firth-of-forth", "label": "Firth of Forth", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mary-queen-of-scots", "label": "Mary, Queen of Scots", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-burgundy", "label": "Duchy of Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-i-of-england", "label": "Edward I of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "newcastle-upon-tyne", "label": "Newcastle upon Tyne", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1298, "year_label": "1298 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – First War of Scottish Independence: King Edward I of England (\"Longshanks\") marches from Newcastle upon Tyne with his household to Alnwick and then by way of Chillingham to Roxburgh in Scotland, where he joins the army in July. He proceeds to Lauderdale and encamps at Kirkliston, to the west of Edinburgh, where he remains from July 15 to July 20. The army is accompanied by a long train of supply wagons. Meanwhile, English supply ships, delayed by bad weather, bring food to Leith.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363071319#British_Isles", "title": "1298", "revid": 1363071319, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1314, "year_label": "1314 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – English forces march to the environs of Edinburgh; here Edward II waits for the wagon train of over 200 baggage and supply wagons – which straggle behind the long columns, to catch up. At the nearby port of Leith, English supply ships land stores for the army – who will be well rested before the 35 mi march that will bring them to Stirling Castle, before the deadline of June 24.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434387#April_–_June", "title": "1314", "revid": 1373434387, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1385, "year_label": "1385 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – From the port of Sluis (now in the Netherlands), the Kingdom of France dispatches a fleet of ships, carrying an army of 1,315 soldiers, 300 crossbowmen and 200 assistants, to aid the Kingdom of Scotland in defense of an invasion by the Kingdom of England. The fleet arrives at the Scottish port of Leith, near Scotland's capital, Edinburgh, on March 25.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362439687#January–March", "title": "1385", "revid": 1362439687, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1400, "year_label": "1400 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – King Henry IV leads the English Army into Scotland, after receiving no answer from Scotland's King Robert III to his August 6 demand. The troops reach Haddington, East Lothian the next day and at Leith, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, by August 18. As historian James Hamilton Wylie will note almost 500 years later, \"the walls of Edinburgh did not fall before this ram's-horn blast, and August 23rd came and went without the required homage or recognition.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369029011#July–September", "title": "1400", "revid": 1369029011, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Mary of Guelders arrives in Scotland at Leith after being escorted from the Duchy of Burgundy to Scotland following her selection by Lord Crichton", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#April–June", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1544, "year_label": "1544 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, with an English army, captures Leith and Edinburgh from the Kingdom of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947848#April–June", "title": "1544", "revid": 1359947848, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – The first of 8,000 French troops under the command of General André de Montalembert arrive at the port of Leith at the invitation of the King of Scotland, who seeks to drive out the occupying forces of the Army of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#April–June", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – In the Kingdom of Scotland, French troops commanded by Henri Cleutin and Captain Corbeyran de Cardaillac Sarlabous sail across the Firth of Forth from Leith, which they are occupying, and fight with the Lords of the Congregation at Pettycur Bay near Kinghorn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#January–March", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1561, "year_label": "1561 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Mary, Queen of Scots, is denied passage through England after returning from France. She arrives at Leith, Scotland later the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358043209#July–September", "title": "1561", "revid": 1358043209, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – The first Rules of golf are drawn up at Leith, for the first golf competition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#April–June", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}