{"slug": "new-england", "label": "New England", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18389", "qid": "Q18389", "description": "region of the northeasternmost United States", "entries": 19, "years": 18, "span": [1616, 2017], "span_label": ["1616 CE", "2017 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "native-americans-in-the-united-states", "label": "Native Americans in the United States", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-carolina", "label": "North Carolina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bible", "label": "Bible", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "The New England Indian smallpox or leptospirosis epidemic of 1616–19 begins to depopulate the region, killing an estimated 90% of the coastal native peoples.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August", "text": "August – The Cambridge Platform, a new, localized system of Christian church governance, is agreed upon and written down in New England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346163846#July–September", "title": "1648", "revid": 1346163846, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1675, "year_label": "1675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – John Sassamon, an English-educated Native American Christian, dies at Assawampsett Pond, an event which will trigger a year-long war between the English American colonists of New England, and the Algonquian Native American tribes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992546#January–March", "title": "1675", "revid": 1365992546, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1676, "year_label": "1676 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – King Philip (Metacomet), chief of the Wampanoags that had waged a war throughout southern New England that bore his name, is killed by an Indian named Alderman, a soldier led by Captain Benjamin Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992596#July–September", "title": "1676", "revid": 1365992596, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1676, "year_label": "1676 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January", "text": "January – Six months into King Philip's War, Metacomet (King Philip), leader of the Algonquian tribe known as the Wampanoag, travels westward to the Mohawk nation, seeking an alliance with the Mohawks against the English colonists of New England; his efforts in creating such an alliance are a failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992596#January–March", "title": "1676", "revid": 1365992596, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Nine Years' War: With England and the Netherlands now both ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697. This is also the effective beginning of King William's War, the first of four North American Wars (until 1763) between English and French colonists, both sides allied to Native American tribes. 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"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#January–March", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The white potato reaches New England from England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350255401#Date_unknown", "title": "1718", "revid": 1350255401, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1721, "year_label": "1721 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Regular mail service between London and New England is established.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367153403#Date_unknown", "title": "1721", "revid": 1367153403, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Expulsion of the Acadians: New England planters arrive to claim land in Nova Scotia taken from the Acadians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358844484#April–June", "title": "1760", "revid": 1358844484, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1775, "year_label": "1775 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "A smallpox epidemic begins in New England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365589248#Date_unknown", "title": "1775", "revid": 1365589248, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – New England's Dark Day: An unaccountable darkness spreads over New England, regarded by some observers as a fulfillment of Bible prophecy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#April–June", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – The Boston Globe is founded in Boston, Massachusetts, as the largest newspaper of the New England region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#March", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26 – A two-day blizzard known as the Portland Gale piles snow in Boston, severely impacting the Massachusetts fishing industry and several coastal New England towns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#November", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Hurricane Donna kills 50 people in Florida and New England, United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#August", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5–7 – The Northeastern United States blizzard of 1978 hits the New England region and the New York metropolitan area, killing about 100, and causing over US$520 million in damage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#February", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17–20 – Hurricane Bob hits North Carolina and New England, killing 17 people and causing US$1.5 billion in damage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#August", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 14", "text": "March 14 – March 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