{"slug": "philip-gidley-king", "label": "Philip Gidley King", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q725880", "qid": "Q725880", "description": "British Colonial governor (1758-1808)", "entries": 21, "years": 18, "span": [1788, 1807], "span_label": ["1788 CE", "1807 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 12}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "governor-of-new-south-wales", "label": "Governor of New South Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "new-south-wales", "label": "New South Wales", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maori-people", "label": "Māori people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1788, "year_label": "1788 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363047742#Leaders", "title": "1788 in Australia", "revid": 1363047742, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1788, "year_label": "1788 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 6", "text": "6 March – Lieutenant Philip Gidley King establishes a settlement on Norfolk Island with a party of fifteen convicts and seven men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363047742#Events", "title": "1788 in Australia", "revid": 1363047742, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374058648#Leaders", "title": "1789 in Australia", "revid": 1374058648, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051098#Leaders", "title": "1790 in Australia", "revid": 1374051098, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – Following the loss of the Sirius, Lieutenant-Governor King returns to Britain to report on the difficulties of the settlements in New South Wales. Marine commander Robert Ross takes control of Norfolk Island in his absence, and under his harsh rule the condition on the island deteriorates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051098#Events", "title": "1790 in Australia", "revid": 1374051098, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051143#Leaders", "title": "1791 in Australia", "revid": 1374051143, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March", "text": "March – Philip Gidley King returns to Norfolk Island from Britain and resumes command from Robert Ross.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374051143#Events", "title": "1791 in Australia", "revid": 1374051143, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1792, "year_label": "1792 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053437#Leaders", "title": "1792 in Australia", "revid": 1374053437, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053479#Leaders", "title": "1793 in Australia", "revid": 1374053479, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053495#Leaders", "title": "1794 in Australia", "revid": 1374053495, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1795, "year_label": "1795 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053504#Leaders", "title": "1795 in Australia", "revid": 1374053504, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053515#Leaders", "title": "1796 in Australia", "revid": 1374053515, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1797, "year_label": "1797 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053522#Leaders", "title": "1797 in Australia", "revid": 1374053522, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053543#Leaders", "title": "1798 in Australia", "revid": 1374053543, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Lieutenant-Governor of Norfolk Island – Philip Gidley King", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053548#Leaders", "title": "1799 in Australia", "revid": 1374053548, "section": "Leaders"}}, {"year": 1801, "year_label": "1801 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 14", "text": "14 September – John Macarthur takes part in a duel with his commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel William Paterson. Paterson is severely wounded in the shoulder, and Macarthur is arrested the next day. Governor King offers to release him on Norfolk Island but Macarthur refuses and is sent to England to be court martialed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053587#Events", "title": "1801 in Australia", "revid": 1374053587, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 21", "text": "21 May – Governor King questions the Captains of three ships, the Britannia, Speedy and Venus i about whaling off the New Zealand coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359847805#Events", "title": "1802 in New Zealand", "revid": 1359847805, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 30", "text": "30 January – George Bass asks Governor King of New South Wales for a fishing monopoly from a line bisecting New Zealand from Dusky Sound to Otago Harbour extending south to include the subantarctic islands. It is not granted but shows the sealers' area of interest at this time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323272629#Events", "title": "1803 in New Zealand", "revid": 1323272629, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May", "text": "May – After complaints about some of the treatment of Pacific Islanders and New Zealanders (Māori) crewing on whaling ships, Governor King issues a 'Government and General Order', published on the front page of the Sydney Gazette which gives them some of the civil rights of British subjects.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360282132#Events", "title": "1805 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360282132, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 12", "text": "12 August – Governor King boards HMS Buffalo for his return to England, and Bligh's commission is formally read.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053790#Events", "title": "1806 in Australia", "revid": 1374053790, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1807, "year_label": "1807 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "February 10", "text": "10 February – Former Governor Philip Gidley King leaves New South Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360285759#Events", "title": "1807 in New Zealand", "revid": 1360285759, "section": "Events"}}]}