{"slug": "palace-of-westminster", "label": "Palace of Westminster", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Westminster", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62408", "qid": "Q62408", "description": "meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in London, England, UK", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [1097, 1976], "span_label": ["1097 CE", "1976 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "james-i-of-england", "label": "James I of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "diocese-of-canterbury", "label": "Diocese of Canterbury", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-england", "label": "Henry III of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "westminster-abbey", "label": "Westminster Abbey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "glasgow", "label": "Glasgow", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-lords", "label": "House of Lords", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "walter-raleigh", "label": "Walter Raleigh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france-in-the-middle-ages", "label": "France in the Middle Ages", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-i-of-england", "label": "Edward I of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1097, "year_label": "1097 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "William II orders the construction of Westminster Hall near Westminster Abbey in London. The hall is designed to hold banquets, ceremonies and coronations that take place in the Abbey nearby.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268080#England", "title": "1097", "revid": 1365268080, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1107, "year_label": "1107 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – The Investiture Controversy is resolved, by the reconciliation of Henry I and Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury and the mass consecration of bishops by Anselm at the royal Palace of Westminster: William Giffard to Winchester, Roger to Salisbury, Reynelm to Hereford, William Warelwast to Exeter and Urban to Llandaff. Roger of Salisbury is also appointed Justiciar in this year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266728#England", "title": "1107", "revid": 1365266728, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1155, "year_label": "1155 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Henry II has the Palace of Westminster (which is badly damaged by Stephen's supporters during The Anarchy) repaired. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, is given the task of repairing the buildings.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359485841#England", "title": "1155", "revid": 1359485841, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1239, "year_label": "1239 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 or June 18 – Edward I (\"Longshanks\"), first son of King Henry III of England and Queen Eleanor of Provence, is born at the Palace of Westminster. Henry names him after Edward the Confessor and chooses Simon de Montfort as his godfather.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368650554#England", "title": "1239", "revid": 1368650554, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1265, "year_label": "1265 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – In Westminster, the first elected English parliament (called Montfort's Parliament) conducts its first meeting in the Palace of Westminster, later to be known as the Houses of Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267064844#Europe", "title": "1265", "revid": 1267064844, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1272, "year_label": "1272 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – King Henry III of England dies at the Palace of Westminster after a 56-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Edward I, who slowly returns from the Holy Land via Gascony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362176275#England", "title": "1272", "revid": 1362176275, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1297, "year_label": "1297 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – King Edward I of England makes an appeal outside Westminster Hall for support for the war against France. He apologizes for the high tax demands he has previously levied. Edward asks the Barons (some 1,500 knights) to swear allegiance to his 12-year-old son, Prince Edward of Caernarfon. Aware of the dangers of the opposition to his power, Edward appears before a large crowd and receives total loyalty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359692211#British_Isles", "title": "1297", "revid": 1359692211, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – William Wallace, Scottish rebel leader and knight, is captured near Glasgow at Robroyston, by English troops led by John de Menteith. He is transported to London and led, crowned mockingly with laurel, in procession to Westminster Hall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#July_–_September", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 (O.S.) – The Gunpowder Plot, a scheme to bomb England's Palace of Westminster during the opening of Parliament, is foiled after Sir Thomas Knyvet is tipped off, and finds Catholic plotter Guy Fawkes in a cellar below the Parliament building. Knyvet orders a search of the area and 36 barrels of gunpowder are found. Fawkes is arrested for trying to assassinate King James I and the members who had been scheduled to sit together in Parliament the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#October–December", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – English adventurer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded at the Palace of Westminster, for allegedly conspiring treasonably against James I of England in 1603, following pressure from the Spanish government, over his attack on their settlement on the Orinoco, on his last (1617–18) voyage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#October–December", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1707, "year_label": "1707 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – As part of the process of the unification of Scotland and England as Great Britain, Scotland selects 16 members to sit in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346936133#January–March", "title": "1707", "revid": 1346936133, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – The new Palace of Westminster opens in London as the home of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#October–December", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Big Ben, the Great Clock at the Palace of Westminster, London, is started.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1878, "year_label": "1878 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – Electric lights are first used at Westminster Palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365252865#March", "title": "1878", "revid": 1365252865, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – Sinn Féin enjoys a landslide victory of the Irish seats at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, winning 73 of the 105 seats in Ireland. In accordance with their manifesto, Sinn Féin members will not take their seats in the Palace of Westminster but will form the First Dáil in Dublin. Countess Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway Prison (London), becomes the first woman elected to (but does not take her seat in) the British House of Commons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#December", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The clock of \"Big Ben\" at the Palace of Westminster in London suffers internal damage and requires frequent repairs. The clock is stopped at times on 26 of the next 275 days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#August", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › August"}}]}