{"slug": "somerset", "label": "Somerset", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerset", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23157", "qid": "Q23157", "description": "ceremonial county of England (use Q21694741 for administrative non-metropolitan county)", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [658, 1645], "span_label": ["658 CE", "1645 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wiltshire", "label": "Wiltshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guthrum", "label": "Guthrum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dumnonia", "label": "Dumnonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelbald-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelbald of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-building", "label": "Church (building)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ine-of-wessex", "label": "Ine of Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bristol", "label": "Bristol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-charter", "label": "Royal charter", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 658, "year_label": "658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Peonnum: King Cenwalh and the Wessex Saxons make a push against Dumnonia (South West England). They are victorious at Penselwood in Somerset, and the Dumnonia-Wessex border is set at the River Parrett (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369710051#Britain", "title": "658", "revid": 1369710051, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Ine of Wessex builds a stone church at Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Britain", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 731, "year_label": "731 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelbald of Mercia overruns a large portion of Somerset, and wrests the county from Wessex control (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358697487#Britain", "title": "731", "revid": 1358697487, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 836, "year_label": "836 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Carhampton: Danish Vikings arrive in the Wessex areas of Somerset and North Devon. Ecgberht, King of Wessex fights them but is forced to withdraw.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350026626#Britain", "title": "836", "revid": 1350026626, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Battle of Edington: Supported by all the levies of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, Alfred the Great decisively defeats the main body of Danish Vikings, led by King Guthrum, at modern-day Edington, Wiltshire (near Bratton Castle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 955, "year_label": "955 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – King Eadred (or Edred) dies childless after a 9-year reign at Frome (Somerset). He is succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, Eadwig, as King of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512718#England", "title": "955", "revid": 1341512718, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 973, "year_label": "973 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Byrhthelm, bishop of Wells (Somerset)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354273404#Deaths", "title": "973", "revid": 1354273404, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 975, "year_label": "975 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Cyneweard, bishop of Wells (Somerset)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513424#Deaths", "title": "975", "revid": 1341513424, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1155, "year_label": "1155 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Henry II grants the city of Bristol ('Brycgstow') a Royal charter, and is divided between Gloucestershire and Somerset (until 1373).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359485841#England", "title": "1155", "revid": 1359485841, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1170, "year_label": "1170 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "This is the earliest date for the making of cheddar cheese in Somerset (this is according to a pipe roll of Henry II, who purchases 10,240 lb of cheddar at a farthing per pound).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488642#England", "title": "1170", "revid": 1367488642, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1397, "year_label": "1397 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363907908#January–March", "title": "1397", "revid": 1363907908, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – English Civil War: Battle of Langport – Cromwell wins in Somerset.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#July–September", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}