{"slug": "whigs-british-political-party", "label": "Whigs (British political party)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whigs_%28British_political_party%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q108700", "qid": "Q108700", "description": "historic liberal political party in the United Kingdom (1678-1859)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1680, 1741], "span_label": ["1680 CE", "1741 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "robert-walpole", "label": "Robert Walpole", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope", "label": "Pope", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xiv", "label": "Louis XIV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-charter", "label": "Royal charter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-francis-edward-stuart", "label": "James Francis Edward Stuart", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17 – The Green Ribbon Club, a predecessor of the British Whigs, organizes a procession to burn an effigy of the Pope in London for the second year running.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#October–December", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – The Bank of England is founded through Royal charter by the Whig-dominated Parliament of England, following a proposal by Scottish merchant William Paterson to raise capital, by offering safe and steady returns of interest guaranteed by future taxes. A total of £1.2 million is raised for the war effort against Louis XIV of France by the end of the year, to establish the first-ever government debt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#July–September", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Whigs sponsor Captain Kidd of New York as a privateer against French shipping.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#Date_unknown", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – The 1713 British general election concludes with the conservative Tories winning 358 of the 558 available seats in the House of Commons, and the liberal Whigs having 200.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#October–December", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1715, "year_label": "1715 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, flees from Great Britain to France. His part in secret negotiations with France, leading to the Treaty of Utrecht, has cast suspicion on him in the eyes of the Whig government of Britain. He becomes secretary of state to the Pretender, James Edward Stuart.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355668843#January–March", "title": "1715", "revid": 1355668843, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – With voting for the British House of Commons concluding, the Whigs, led by Sir Robert Walpole, increase their supermajority, winning 415 of the 558 seats. The Tories share of Commons decreases from 169 to 128.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#October–December", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1734, "year_label": "1734 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – With the conclusion of the British general election (voting having begun in some constituencies on April 22), the Whigs, led by Prime Minister Robert Walpole, lose 85 seats but retain their majority.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363450203#April–June", "title": "1734", "revid": 1363450203, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – 1741 British general election, begun on April 30, concludes with Prime Minister Robert Walpole's Whigs retaining their majority in the House of Commons but losing 44 seats to candidates who have defected to the new Patriot Whigs to oppose his policies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360183595#April–June", "title": "1741", "revid": 1360183595, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}