{"slug": "saint-kitts", "label": "Saint Kitts", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Kitts", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204989", "qid": "Q204989", "description": "island in Saint Kitts and Nevis", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1627, 1766], "span_label": ["1627 CE", "1766 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Saint Christopher Island", "St Kitts", "St. Kitts"], "related": [{"slug": "philadelphia", "label": "Philadelphia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "war-of-the-spanish-succession", "label": "War of the Spanish Succession", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hudson-bay", "label": "Hudson Bay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "acadia", "label": "Acadia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – France and England sign an agreement on dividing the island of Saint Kitts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#April–June", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630): A Spanish expedition, led by Fadrique de Toledo, wipes out the English colony on St. Kitts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#July–September", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1651, "year_label": "1651 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – The Sovereign Military Order of Malta purchases the Caribbean islands of Saint Barthélemy, Saint Christopher, Saint Croix and Saint Martin from the France's Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique. The Order will sell the islands in 1665 to the French West India Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365975166#April–June", "title": "1651", "revid": 1365975166, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1666, "year_label": "1666 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – On Saint Christopher Island more commonly called St Kitts, a Caribbean Sea island divided between colonies of England and France, a battle near Sandy Point Town over control of the territory ends with a victory by the French over a numerically-superior English force two days after English Deputy Governor William Watts of Anguilla had sent an expedition to capture the neighbouring island of Saint Martin. Governor Watts and the French Governor of Saint-Christophe, Charles de Sales, are both killed in the battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988943#April–June", "title": "1666", "revid": 1365988943, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – The Second Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and France ends the War of the Spanish Succession. France cedes Newfoundland, Acadia, Hudson Bay and St Kitts to Great Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#April–June", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – A hurricane in the Caribbean Sea sinks 11 British ships, most of them off the coast of Saint Kitts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#July–September", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – A Caribbean Sea hurricane sweeps across Saint Kitts, sinking 12 British freighters and one from France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#October–December", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – The Pennsylvania Gazette reports that a British sloop off Wilmington, North Carolina, has seized a sloop sailing from Philadelphia, and another sailing from Saint Christopher, on the charge of carrying official documents without stamps. In response, local residents threaten to burn a Royal Man-of-War attempting to deliver stamps to Wilmington, forcing the ship to return to the mouth of the Cape Fear River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#January–March", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}