{"slug": "mississippi", "label": "Mississippi", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1494", "qid": "Q1494", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 17, "years": 15, "span": [1729, 2013], "span_label": ["1729 CE", "2013 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "alabama", "label": "Alabama", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "louisiana", "label": "Louisiana", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "african-american", "label": "African American", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The third oldest settlement in Mississippi, Port Gibson, is founded by French settlers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#Date_unknown", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – The Natchez revolt, the worst Native American massacre to take place on Mississippi soil, occurs when Natchez people kill 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie (near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368871381#October–December", "title": "1729", "revid": 1368871381, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1765, "year_label": "1765 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – At Fort Tombecbe, near what is now the town of Epes, Alabama, representatives of the British Empire and of the Choctaw Indian tribe in Mississippi sign a peace treaty in the wake of French cession of claims to the British. A boundary is fixed between land to be occupied by the Choctaws and for lands which British settlers can use; in addition, the British agree to provide a police official and a gunsmith at Fort Tombecbe for the Choctaws to use for trespassing complaints and for weapons repairs. By 1775, however, the Choctaws are outnumbered in Mississippi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373039097#April–June", "title": "1765", "revid": 1373039097, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – The United States and Great Britain sign the Jay Treaty (coming into effect in 1796), which attempts to clear up some issues left over from the American Revolutionary War and secures a decade of peaceful trade between the two nations. Britain agrees to evacuate border forts in the Northwest Territory (roughly the area north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi) and thereby end British support for the Indians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#October–December", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – By act of the U.S. Congress (March 3), the Alabama Territory is created by splitting the Mississippi Territory in half, on the day the Mississippi constitution is drafted, four months before Mississippi becomes a U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#July–September", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state, formerly the Mississippi Territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360260504#October–December", "title": "1817", "revid": 1360260504, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "Battle of Brice's Crossroads – Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force, led by General Samuel D. Sturgis, in Mississippi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#June", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1865, "year_label": "1865 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – American Civil War: Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding all Confederate forces in Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana, surrenders his forces to Union General Edward Canby at Citronelle, Alabama, effectively ending all Confederate resistance east of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361545898#May", "title": "1865", "revid": 1361545898, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – Military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#February", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1886, "year_label": "1886 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – A white mob storms a courthouse in Carroll County, Mississippi, killing 23 African Americans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679431#March", "title": "1886", "revid": 1372679431, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – The last official bare-knuckle boxing title fight is held (under London Prize Ring Rules): Heavyweight Champion John L. Sullivan, the Boston Strong Boy, defeats Jake Kilrain in a world championship bout, lasting 75 rounds, in Mississippi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#July", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – A devastating tornado outbreak in Mississippi and Alabama kills 45 people and injures 427 others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#February", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17–21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#September", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Freedom Summer, a volunteer Civil Rights project in the United States intended to promote voter registration for as many African Americans as possible in Mississippi, begins with orientation sessions for the 300 volunteers at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#June", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 248 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage (1969 USD).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#August", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21 – Between February 21 and 22, an outbreak of nineteen tornadoes rages across the Mississippi Delta in Mississippi and Louisiana, killing 123 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#February", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2013, "year_label": "2013 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – Severe weather spawns eight tornadoes across southern Mississippi and southwest Alabama, including an EF4 tornado which struck the city of Hattiesburg, Mississippi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373160550#February", "title": "2013", "revid": 1373160550, "section": "Events › February"}}]}