{"slug": "norfolk", "label": "Norfolk", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23109", "qid": "Q23109", "description": "county in East Anglia, England, UK", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [520, 1600], "span_label": ["520 CE", "1600 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "suffolk", "label": "Suffolk", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "the-fens", "label": "The Fens", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viking", "label": "Viking", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "surrey", "label": "Surrey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "religion", "label": "Religion", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of East Anglia is formed, by the merging of the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and perhaps the eastern part of The Fens (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Britannia", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia is divided into the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and perhaps the eastern part of the Cambridgeshire Fens (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Britain", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 673, "year_label": "673 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Frithuwold of Surrey flourishes under Mercian domination. The marriage of his daughter Osgyth to King Sighere of Essex breaks down. She desires the religious life, and flees the Essex court to the protection of bishop Bedwinus of North Elmham (Norfolk).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805471#Britain", "title": "673", "revid": 1340805471, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1004, "year_label": "1004 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Danish Viking fleet under Sweyn Forkbeard lands in Norfolk. Ealdorman Ulfcytel orders his Anglo-Saxon troops to burn the raiding ships. The plan fails and Ulfcytel's small army is defeated by the Vikings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369529611#England", "title": "1004", "revid": 1369529611, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1287, "year_label": "1287 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – Parts of Norfolk are flooded, the port of Dunwich in Suffolk is further devastated, and in The Fens through the storm and the violence of the sea, the monastery of Spalding and many churches are overthrown and destroyed: \"The whole country in the parts of Holland was, for the most part, turned into a standing pool so that an intolerable multitude of men, women and children were overwhelmed with the water, especially in the town of Boston, a great part thereof was destroyed.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694581#England", "title": "1287", "revid": 1361694581, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Norwich, in Norfolk falls to Kett's rebels.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#July–September", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – In England, a fire destroys much of the town of North Walsham, Norfolk, burning down 118 homes, 70 shops, and most of the stalls in the market square. The fire is traced to the home of one person who tries to flee town after the blaze begins. Many of the persons left homeless are given shelter at the St Nicholas Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#April–June", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}