{"slug": "scottish-parliament", "label": "Scottish parliament", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_parliament", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1315, 1999], "span_label": ["1315 CE", "1999 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "james-iii-of-scotland", "label": "James III of Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-the-bruce", "label": "Robert the Bruce", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-i-of-scotland", "label": "James I of Scotland", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – The Scottish parliament is convened at Ayr, and proclaims Edward Bruce as the legal heir to the throne to succeed if his brother, King Robert the Bruce, dies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018303#April_–_June", "title": "1315", "revid": 1332018303, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"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": 1481, "year_label": "1481 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – King James III of Scotland gives royal assent to the six Defence of the Realm Acts and to the Benefices Act 1481, passed by his parliament in anticipation of a war with England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936509#April–June", "title": "1481", "revid": 1365936509, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1484, "year_label": "1484 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – King James III of Scotland gives royal assent to numerous acts passed by the Scottish Parliament, including the Defence of the Realm Act 1483 (summoning the members of the nobility to come defend Scotland); the Duke of Albany Act, an arrest warrant for all person who made treasonable assistance to the King's rebellious brother, Alexander, Duke of Albany; and the two Barratry Acts, prohibiting \"the having of mone furth of the Realme\" (the exportation of money out of the realm) to the Court of Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346941150#January–March", "title": "1484", "revid": 1346941150, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1486, "year_label": "1486 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – King James III of Scotland gives royal assent to acts passed by the Scottish Parliament, including the Tallow Act, the Hides Act and the Currency Act.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369024065#January–March", "title": "1486", "revid": 1369024065, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1490, "year_label": "1490 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – The Scottish Parliament opens in Edinburgh to address matters of lands confiscated in the year before.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365746432#January–March", "title": "1490", "revid": 1365746432, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Treaty of Ardres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#July–September", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Scotland votes in favour of a devolved Parliament, forming the Scottish Parliament less than two years later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#September", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1999, "year_label": "1999 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – David Steel becomes the first Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the modern Scottish Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369767946#May", "title": "1999", "revid": 1369767946, "section": "Events › May"}}]}