{"slug": "victoria-cross", "label": "Victoria Cross", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219578", "qid": "Q219578", "description": "highest military decoration awarded by the UK and the Commonwealth", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1834, 1968], "span_label": ["1834 CE", "1968 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "queen-victoria", "label": "Queen Victoria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-empire", "label": "British Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1834, "year_label": "1834 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – Charles Davis Lucas, British Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1914)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360367111#January–June", "title": "1834", "revid": 1360367111, "section": "Births › January–June"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 21", "text": "June 21 – Battle of Bomarsund in Åland off the coast of Finland: British Royal Navy seaman's mate Charles Davis Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes, for which he is awarded the first Victoria Cross in 1857.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496011#April–June", "title": "1854", "revid": 1362496011, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#January–March", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – At a ceremony in London, Queen Victoria awards the first 66 Victoria Crosses to British troops, for actions during the Crimean War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#April–June", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Indian Rebellion of 1857: British troops win 24 Victoria Crosses in action this day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#October–December", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Augustus Agar, British commodore, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1968)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364071388#January", "title": "1890", "revid": 1364071388, "section": "Births › January"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 21", "text": "September 21 – Charles Upham, New Zealand soldier, twice winner of the Victoria Cross (died 1994)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#September", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Births › September"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – Lanoe Hawker VC, British World War I fighter ace, killed in action by Manfred von Richthofen (b. 1890)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#November", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Deaths › November"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – Sir Neville Howse, Australian politician and recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1863)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#November_–_December", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Deaths › November – December"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 – Augustus Agar, British naval officer, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1890)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#December", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Deaths › December"}}]}