{"slug": "roger-williams", "label": "Roger Williams", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williams", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q391591", "qid": "Q391591", "description": "English Baptist theologian and author (1603–1683)", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1603, 1644], "span_label": ["1603 CE", "1644 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "rhode-island", "label": "Rhode Island", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts-bay-colony", "label": "Massachusetts Bay Colony", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Roger Williams, English theologian and colonist (d. 1684)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#October–December", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1631, "year_label": "1631 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Puritan leader Roger Williams arrives in Boston.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356869091#January–March", "title": "1631", "revid": 1356869091, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1635, "year_label": "1635 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – Rhode Island founder Roger Williams is banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony as a religious dissident, after speaking out against punishments for religious offenses, and giving away Native American land.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360049087#October–December", "title": "1635", "revid": 1360049087, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – Roger Williams and other Puritan settlers become founders of the colony of Providence Plantations, which later joins neighbouring territory to become the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The area today is the U.S. state of Rhode Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358525522#April–June", "title": "1636", "revid": 1358525522, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Roger Williams, co-founder of Rhode Island, publishes A Key into the Language of America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#Date_unknown", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Roger Williams is granted an official grant for his Rhode Island Colony from the Parliament of England, allowing the establishment of a general assembly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#January–March", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}