{"slug": "louisbourg", "label": "Louisbourg", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisbourg", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3263622", "qid": "Q3263622", "description": "unincorporated town in Nova Scotia, Canada", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1725, 1758], "span_label": ["1725 CE", "1758 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Louisbourg, Nova Scotia"], "related": [{"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "french-navy", "label": "French Navy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "quebec", "label": "Quebec", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chennai", "label": "Chennai", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-the-austrian-succession", "label": "War of the Austrian Succession", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – At least 216 people die in the sinking of the Chameau, a ship of the French Navy, after the vessel is driven by a storm into rocks off of the coast of Nova Scotia. Reportedly, 180 bodies wash ashore near Louisbourg. The ship's cargo, which included a fortune in gold and silver coins, is discovered 240 years later in 1965.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#July–September", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1744, "year_label": "1744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – After receiving the news from Europe that Great Britain and France are at war, the French Army at Louisbourg attacks the British settlement at Fort William Augustus at Canso, Nova Scotia and forces its surrender.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370823870#April–June", "title": "1744", "revid": 1370823870, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – The French Navy frigate Renommée approaches the French colony of Nova Scotia, after having been dispatched to warn French forces at Louisbourg of the impending attack by British American forces. However, the Massachusetts privateer HMS Shirley Galley, commanded by John Rous, attacks the Renommée and forces it to sail away. The command at Louisbourg is thus not warned of the impending attack.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#April–June", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1748, "year_label": "1748 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 18", "text": "October 18 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war. Great Britain obtains Madras, in India, from France, in exchange for the fortress of Louisbourg in Canada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361284371#October–December", "title": "1748", "revid": 1361284371, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1755, "year_label": "1755 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – France dispatches 3,600 troops to protect its Canadian colonies in Quebec from a British invasion, dispatching 2,400 to Quebec city and 1,200 to Louisbourg in Nova Scotia, unaware that a squadron of 11 fully armed warships from Britain's Royal Navy had sailed toward Canada on April 27.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360194188#April–June", "title": "1755", "revid": 1360194188, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#April–June", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}