{"slug": "west-virginia", "label": "West Virginia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1371", "qid": "Q1371", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1749, 1950], "span_label": ["1749 CE", "1950 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "virginia", "label": "Virginia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abraham-lincoln", "label": "Abraham Lincoln", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ohio", "label": "Ohio", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ohio-river", "label": "Ohio River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cherokee", "label": "Cherokee", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company 200000 acre (312½ square miles or 810 km 2 ) of land north of the Ohio River, encompassing most of the modern U.S. state of Ohio and part of West Virginia. The grant is conditioned on the Company being able to attract 100 European families every year, for seven years, to move to the area occupied by Indian tribes, and to build a fort to protect them", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#April–June", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Representatives of the Cherokee nation sign the Treaty of Hard Labour with British representative John Stuart and relinquish all claims to the land between the Ohio River and the Allegheny Mountains, now the United States state of West Virginia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#October–December", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia into two.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#December", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#June", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – A coal mine explosion in West Virginia, United States, kills 50 miners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#March", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – In West Virginia, 372,000 coal miners strike (they remain out until March 3).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#February", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › February"}}]}