{"slug": "surrey", "label": "Surrey", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23276", "qid": "Q23276", "description": "county of England", "entries": 17, "years": 17, "span": [666, 1885], "span_label": ["666 CE", "1885 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-essex", "label": "Kingdom of Essex", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-kent", "label": "Kingdom of Kent", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sussex", "label": "Kingdom of Sussex", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thelred-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelred of Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "order-of-saint-benedict", "label": "Order of Saint Benedict", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglican-diocese-of-rochester", "label": "Anglican Diocese of Rochester", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 666, "year_label": "666 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Earconwald, Anglo-Saxon abbot, establishes the Benedictine abbeys, Chertsey Abbey (Surrey) for men and Barking Abbey (now in east London) for women.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368711664#Religion", "title": "AD 666", "revid": 1368711664, "section": "Events › By place › Religion"}}, {"year": 669, "year_label": "669 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Ecgberht of Kent loses the overlordship of Surrey to King Wulfhere of Mercia. Ecgberht then grants the old Saxon Shore Fort at Reculver (south-east England) to a priest named Bassa, in order to establish a monastery dedicated to St. Mary (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805223#Britain", "title": "669", "revid": 1340805223, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 673, "year_label": "673 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Frithuwold of Surrey flourishes under Mercian domination. The marriage of his daughter Osgyth to King Sighere of Essex breaks down. She desires the religious life, and flees the Essex court to the protection of bishop Bedwinus of North Elmham (Norfolk).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805471#Britain", "title": "673", "revid": 1340805471, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Wulfhere of Mercia dies after a 17-year reign, in which he has extended his sway over much of England south of the Humber River, including Essex, Surrey, and part of Wessex north of the Thames. Wulfhere is succeeded by his brother Æthelred.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Britain", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia invades Kent, in an attempt to enforce overlordship and diminish Kentish influence in Surrey and London. His armies destroy the Diocese of Rochester (seat of the bishops in West Kent), and ravage the surrounding countryside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Britain", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Cædwalla conquers Surrey, and tries to exterminate the Jutes of the Isle of Wight. He executes King Arwald and his two brothers. Cædwalla probably also overruns the Meonware, a Jutish people who live in the Meon Valley (Hampshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Britain", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Ellandun: King Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia near Swindon. The battle marks the end of the Mercian domination of southern England. The kingdoms of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex submit to Wessex, and East Anglia acknowledges Egbert as overlord (bretwalda).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Britain", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 839, "year_label": "839 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Ecgberht, King of Wessex, dies after a 37-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Æthelwulf (\"Noble Wolf\") as ruler of Wessex. Æthelwulf's eldest son, Æthelstan, is made sub-king of Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex, under his father.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073737#Britain", "title": "839", "revid": 1267073737, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 852, "year_label": "852 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Viking fleet of 350 vessels enters the Thames Estuary before turning north, and engages the Mercian forces under King Beorhtwulf. The Mercians are defeated, and retreat to their settlements. The Vikings then turn south and cross the river somewhere in Surrey; there they are slaughtered by a West Saxon army, led by King Æthelwulf and his son Aethelbald, at Oak Field (Aclea).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287194271#Britain", "title": "852", "revid": 1287194271, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Æthelwulf of Wessex decides to go on a pilgrimage to Rome, accompanied by his youngest son Alfred (age 6) and a large retinue. He divides the kingdom between his two eldest sons; Æthelbald receives the western part of Wessex, while Æthelberht becomes ruler over Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Britain", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 856, "year_label": "856 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Æthelwulf returns to Wessex to face a revolt by his eldest son Æthelbald, who usurps the throne. Æthelwulf agrees to give up the western part of his kingdom, in order to avoid a civil war. He keeps control over Sussex, Surrey, Essex and Kent, over which Prince Æthelberht has presided.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329734614#Britain", "title": "856", "revid": 1329734614, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 978, "year_label": "978 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The town of Guildford (Surrey) becomes the location of the Royal Mint.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272344#England", "title": "978", "revid": 1365272344, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1224, "year_label": "1224 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alice de Lusignan, countess of Surrey (d. 1256)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561506#Births", "title": "1224", "revid": 1369561506, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 (July 26 Old Style) – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place in Surrey, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#July–September", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1780, "year_label": "1780 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – The first Epsom Derby horse race is run on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England. The victor is Diomed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370564554#April–June", "title": "1780", "revid": 1370564554, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – The last mock Garrat Elections are held in Surrey, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#April–June", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – First legal cremation in England: widowed painter Jeanette Pickersgill of London, \"well known in literary and scientific circles\", is cremated by the Cremation Society at Woking, Surrey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#March", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › March"}}]}