{"slug": "ontario", "label": "Ontario", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904", "qid": "Q1904", "description": "province of Canada", "entries": 14, "years": 14, "span": [1670, 1985], "span_label": ["1670 CE", "1985 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "quebec", "label": "Quebec", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hudson-s-bay-company", "label": "Hudson's Bay Company", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hudson-bay", "label": "Hudson Bay", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottawa", "label": "Ottawa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "canada", "label": "Canada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alberta", "label": "Alberta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-brunswick", "label": "New Brunswick", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pennsylvania", "label": "Pennsylvania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ohio", "label": "Ohio", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "minnesota", "label": "Minnesota", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – The Hudson's Bay Company is granted a royal charter in England with the jurisdiction to control administration and commerce in \"Rupert's Land\", governed for the crown by Rupert, Duke of Cumberland, the cousin of King Charles II. The land is a 1.5 million square mile area of what is now Canada around Hudson Bay. The area controlled covers all of the modern province of Manitoba, most of Saskatchewan, and significant portions of Alberta and Nunavut, as well as parts of what are now Ontario and Quebec, and parts of the U.S. states of Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#April–June", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1709, "year_label": "1709 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – The Battle of Fort Albany, an attack by 100 French colonial volunteers and Cree natives on the British Hudson's Bay Company outpost at Fort Albany on Hudson Bay. John Fullartine, commander of the post, leads a successful defense of the fort and 18 of the attackers are killed and then retreat. The site becomes part of a Cree First Nation reserve in the Canadian province of Ontario.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361817608#April–June", "title": "1709", "revid": 1361817608, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1812, "year_label": "1812 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – War of 1812 – Battle of Queenston Heights: As part of the Niagara campaign in Ontario, Canada, United States forces under General Stephen Van Rensselaer are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops, led by Sir Isaac Brock (who dies during the battle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364673712#October–December", "title": "1812", "revid": 1364673712, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – The Chippewa people cede a huge tract of land in Ontario to British control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#July–September", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – The first sod is turned in Ontario for the first of four Welland Canals. The canal opens for a trial run five years later to the day, on November 30, 1829.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#October–December", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – The Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario (Canada) is opened.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#April–June", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Ottawa, Ontario, is incorporated as a city.'", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#January–March", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – The British North America Act receives royal assent, forming the Dominion of Canada, in an event known as the Confederation. This unites the Province of Canada (Quebec and Ontario), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia on July 1. Ottawa will become the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#March", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Baudette fire of 1910, a wildfire that burns ca. 350,000 square miles in Minnesota and Ontario, including several towns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#October", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Matheson Fire: In Ontario, Canada, a lightning strike ignites a forest fire that destroys the towns of Cochrane and Matheson, killing 233.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#July", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1951, "year_label": "1951 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – A chartered Curtiss C-46 Commando crash-lands in Cobourg, Ontario Canada; all on board survive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368856437#December", "title": "1951", "revid": 1368856437, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20–21 – A tornado outbreak tears through Port Huron, Michigan and Sarnia, Ontario, leaving eight people dead and 123 people injured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#May", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport, Toronto, Ontario through pilot error; all 109 passengers and crew are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#July", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Forty-four tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario, including a rare and powerful F5. In total, the event kills 90 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#May", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › May"}}]}