{"slug": "p-t-barnum", "label": "P. T. Barnum", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._T._Barnum", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223766", "qid": "Q223766", "description": "American showman and politician (1810–1891)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1810, 1891], "span_label": ["1810 CE", "1891 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [], "items": [{"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – P. T. Barnum, American showman (d. 1891)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#July–December", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Births › July–December"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – In Brooklyn, New York, P. T. Barnum opens his three-ring circus, hailing it as \"The Greatest Show on Earth\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#April–June", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1880, "year_label": "1880 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – Competing circus owners P. T. Barnum and James A. Bailey sign a contract in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to create the Barnum & Bailey Circus. In 1907, the circus will merge forces with another competitor, the Ringling Brothers Circus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371273111#August", "title": "1880", "revid": 1371273111, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1882, "year_label": "1882 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – American showman P. T. Barnum acquires the elephant Jumbo from the London Zoo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360586433#February", "title": "1882", "revid": 1360586433, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – A train wreck of the P. T. Barnum Circus kills giant elephant Jumbo, at St. Thomas, Ontario.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#September", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Jumbo, African elephant, star attraction in P. T. Barnum's circus (train accident) (b. 1861)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#July–December", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}, {"year": 1891, "year_label": "1891 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – P. T. Barnum, American showman (b. 1810)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369994059#January–June", "title": "1891", "revid": 1369994059, "section": "Deaths › January–June"}}]}