{"slug": "staten-island", "label": "Staten Island", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staten_Island", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18432", "qid": "Q18432", "description": "borough of New York City, New York, United States of America", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1776, 1960], "span_label": ["1776 CE", "1960 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manhattan", "label": "Manhattan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brooklyn", "label": "Brooklyn", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "the-bronx", "label": "The Bronx", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-revolutionary-war", "label": "American Revolutionary War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "american-revolution", "label": "American Revolution", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – American Revolution: The first Hessian troops land on Staten Island, to join British forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#July–August", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1776, "year_label": "1776 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – American Revolutionary War: An abortive peace conference takes place between the British and Americans, on Staten Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365773863#September–October", "title": "1776", "revid": 1365773863, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States begins at Staten Island. He will remain for more than a year before departing on September 7, 1825.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#July–September", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August", "text": "August – The earliest constituent of the U.S. National Institutes of Health is established at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island, as the Laboratory of Hygiene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#August", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#January", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – New York City Fire Department Rescue 5 is founded for Staten Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#May", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1960, "year_label": "1960 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – New York mid-air collision: A United Air Lines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City. All 128 passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the ground, are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371870774#December", "title": "1960", "revid": 1371870774, "section": "Events › December"}}]}