{"slug": "madras", "label": "Madras", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1523, 1914], "span_label": ["1523 CE", "1914 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maratha-confederacy", "label": "Maratha Confederacy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aurangzeb", "label": "Aurangzeb", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-east-india-company", "label": "British East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-the-austrian-succession", "label": "War of the Austrian Succession", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1523, "year_label": "1523 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Santhome Church is established by Portuguese explorers over the tomb of Saint Thomas the Apostle at Madras (now Chennai) in India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561167#April–June", "title": "1523", "revid": 1369561167, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The oldest hospital in India, the Government General Hospital, is opened at Madras by the English East India Company for the treatment of ill soldiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#October–December", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – In Madras (now Chennai) in India, local residents employed by the East India Company threaten to boycott their jobs after corporate administrator William Gyfford imposes a house tax on residences within the city walls. Gyfford places security forces at all entrances to the city and threatens to banish anyone who fails to pay their taxes, as well as to confiscate the goods of merchants who refuse to make sales. A compromise is reached the next day on the amount of the taxes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#January–March", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Maratha Empire General Santaji Ghorpade defeats Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's General Alimardan Khan, captures him and brings him back to fort Jinjee near Madras.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#October–December", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 5", "text": "December 5 – John Goldsborough arrives in Madras as the new administrator of the British East India Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#October–December", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 4", "text": "November 4 – Anwaruddin Khan, the Nawab of the Arcot State in South India, is driven back by the Captain Louis Paradis of the French Army after he and 10,000 soldiers attempt to drive the French back out of Madras.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271173#October–December", "title": "1746", "revid": 1360271173, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"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": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – Battle of Cuddalore: A British fleet under Sir George Pocock engages the French fleet of Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché indecisively near Madras.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#April–June", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1759, "year_label": "1759 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – The Comte de Lally (Thomas Lally) ends the French Army's two-month siege of the British Indian fort at Madras and retreats.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354612770#January–March", "title": "1759", "revid": 1354612770, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "German light cruiser SMS Emden bombards Madras, the only Indian city to be attacked by the Central Powers in the War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518346#September", "title": "1914", "revid": 1373518346, "section": "Events › September"}}]}