{"slug": "stirling", "label": "Stirling", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stirling", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182923", "qid": "Q182923", "description": "city in Scotland, UK", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1214, 1869], "span_label": ["1214 CE", "1869 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "newcastle-upon-tyne", "label": "Newcastle upon Tyne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "london-bridge", "label": "London Bridge", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "berwick-upon-tweed", "label": "Berwick-upon-Tweed", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-the-lion", "label": "William the Lion", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-v", "label": "James V", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-i-of-england", "label": "Edward I of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1214, "year_label": "1214 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – King William the Lion of Scotland dies after a 49-year reign at Stirling. He is succeeded by his son, Alexander II, who is crowned at Scone (until 1249).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329586748#Europe", "title": "1214", "revid": 1329586748, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1297, "year_label": "1297 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scottish forces (some 6,000 men) led by Andrew Moray and William Wallace defeat an English army under John de Warenne at Stirling on the Forth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359692211#British_Isles", "title": "1297", "revid": 1359692211, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1304, "year_label": "1304 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Siege of Stirling Castle: King Edward I of England captures the Scottish rebel stronghold at Stirling. The castle is for four months bombarded by twelve siege engines. During the siege, Edward orders his engineer, Master James of St. George, to build a massive engine called the Warwolf. Eventually, William Oliphant and his garrison surrender.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428823#July_–_September", "title": "1304", "revid": 1361428823, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1305, "year_label": "1305 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – After a three-week trial at Westminster, William Wallace is convicted of treason and of atrocities against civilians in war. After the trial, he is dragged through the streets of Smithfield in London and hanged, drawn and quartered – strangled by hanging – but cut down while still alive, emasculated, disemboweled (with his bowels burned before him), beheaded, and then cut into four parts. Wallace's head is placed on a spike above the London Bridge, and his limbs are displayed separately, in Newcastle, Berwick, Stirling, and Perth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1297125288#July_–_September", "title": "1305", "revid": 1297125288, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – At Stirling in Scotland, the Lord Boyd, the regent for King James III, enters an agreement for joint rule with the members of his council (the bishops of Glasgow and of Aberdeen, the earls of Argyll and of Arran, the provost of Lincluden, and Archibald Whitelaw) to co-operate in the governing of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#April–June", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1528, "year_label": "1528 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – King James V of Scotland, 16, held captive for more than two years under the guardianship of the Earl of Angus, is able to escape from Edinburgh to Stirling after several failed rescue attempts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369577446#April–June", "title": "1528", "revid": 1369577446, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – James VI is crowned at Stirling.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#July–September", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1746, "year_label": "1746 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271173#January–March", "title": "1746", "revid": 1360271173, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1869, "year_label": "1869 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Work on the Wallace Monument is completed in Stirling, Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360511845#September", "title": "1869", "revid": 1360511845, "section": "Events › September"}}]}