{"slug": "perth-scotland", "label": "Perth, Scotland", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perth%2C_Scotland", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203000", "qid": "Q203000", "description": "city in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [671, 1437], "span_label": ["671 CE", "1437 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "james-i-of-scotland", "label": "James I of Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-i-of-england", "label": "Edward I of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scone-scotland", "label": "Scone, Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecgfrith-of-northumbria", "label": "Ecgfrith of Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-ii", "label": "Edward II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "piers-gaveston-1st-earl-of-cornwall", "label": "Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-scotland", "label": "Parliament of Scotland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 671, "year_label": "671 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Two Rivers: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats the Picts under King Drest VI, in the vicinity of Moncreiffe Island, near Perth (Scotland). After the battle the Picts are reduced to slavery, and subject to the yoke of captivity for the next 14 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805234#Britain", "title": "671", "revid": 1340805234, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1306, "year_label": "1306 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – Robert the Bruce is crowned king of Scotland by Bishop William de Lamberton at Scone, near Perth. Despite lacking the traditional coronation stone, diadem and scepter, all of which have transferred to London. During the ceremony, the Scottish nobles of Atholl, Lennox, Mar and Menteith are present – while the 18-year-old Elizabeth de Burgh is crowned queen of Scots. The coronation takes place in defiance of the English claims of suzerainty after King Edward I of England, strips John de Baliol of his crown as King of Scots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354973149#January_–_March", "title": "1306", "revid": 1354973149, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1310, "year_label": "1310 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – King Edward II of England reaches Roxburgh after starting his invasion of the Kingdom of Scotland \"in the third week of September\". The campaign is fruitless, even though English forces under Piers Gaveston manage to reach as far north as Perth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018292#July_–_September", "title": "1310", "revid": 1332018292, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "late September – Battle of the North Inch (\"Battle of the Thirty\"): In a mass trial by combat on the North Inch of Perth, Scotland, the Clan Cameron defeat the Clan Mackintosh. Records refer to \"warpipes\" being carried into battle, perhaps predecessors of the Great Highland bagpipe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#July–September", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – King James I of Scotland opens a brief session of the Scottish Parliament, which opens at Perth and ends after only five days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#January_–_March", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – King James I of Scotland gives royal assent to the Oath by Queen Act 1428 (De juramento prestando Domine Regine) passed by the Parliament of Scotland at Perth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#July–September", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 21", "text": "February 21– King James I of Scotland is assassinated in an attempted coup d'état led by his uncle and former ally, Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl. The night before, the King and his wife, Catherine Douglas had stopped at Blackfriars monastery in Perth. Queen Catherine is injured while barring the door with her arm in order to allow the King to escape, and King James is found in the early hours of the morning and stabbed to death while trying to escape.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#January–March", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}