{"slug": "william-penn", "label": "William Penn", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209152", "qid": "Q209152", "description": "English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1644, 1984], "span_label": ["1644 CE", "1984 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "philadelphia", "label": "Philadelphia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pennsylvania", "label": "Pennsylvania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "province-of-pennsylvania", "label": "Province of Pennsylvania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "province-of-maryland", "label": "Province of Maryland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-ii-of-england", "label": "Charles II of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – William Penn, English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#October–December", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – William Penn and William Mead are found not guilty of violating the Conventicles Act 1670, after a five day jury trial in London. The two had been arrested on August 14 in front of a meeting house Gracechurch Street after preaching a Quaker sermon outside following a ban on preaching indoors. The defiance by the jury leads to the landmark English decision in Bushel's Case.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#July–September", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – In order to settle a debt of £16,000, King Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn, for territory west of Delaware River in America between 40° N and 42° N, later to be called Pennsylvania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#January–March", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – William Penn meets with Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore for the first discussion of the boundary between the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, fixed at 40 degrees north. Recognizing that 40° north would remove Pennsylvania's access to the sea, Penn proposes a purchase of some of Maryland's territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#October–December", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1682, "year_label": "1682 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – The city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded by William Penn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560956#October–December", "title": "1682", "revid": 1369560956, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "William Penn publishes his proposal for European federation, Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343170745#Date_unknown", "title": "1693", "revid": 1343170745, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "William Penn offers an elaborate plan for intercolonial cooperation largely in trade, defense, and criminal matters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#Date_unknown", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1718, "year_label": "1718 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – William Penn, American settler, founder of Pennsylvania (b. 1644)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350255401#Deaths", "title": "1718", "revid": 1350255401, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – Representatives of the heirs of William Penn and of Lord Baltimore, the respective owners of most of the land in the Province of Pennsylvania and the Province of Maryland set out the boundary between the two future U.S. states after a survey determines that Philadelphia is located on the Maryland side of the border. The dispute eventually leads to a lawsuit and the eventual survey by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to determine the Mason–Dixon line.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#April–June", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#November", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › November"}}]}