{"slug": "william-walker-filibuster", "label": "William Walker (filibuster)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_%28filibuster%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q196401", "qid": "Q196401", "description": "American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860)", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1853, 1860], "span_label": ["1853 CE", "1860 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "nicaragua", "label": "Nicaragua", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "california", "label": "California", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "san-francisco", "label": "San Francisco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-america", "label": "Central America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "costa-rica", "label": "Costa Rica", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – Troops of William Walker capture La Paz in Baja California Territory and declare the (short-lived) Republic of Sonora.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#October–December", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 13", "text": "February 13 – Mexican troops force William Walker and his troops to retreat to Sonora.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496011#January–March", "title": "1854", "revid": 1362496011, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1855, "year_label": "1855 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – American adventurer William Walker and a group of armed mercenaries (filibusters) sail from San Francisco in California south to Central America to attempt to conquer Nicaragua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358982600#April–June", "title": "1855", "revid": 1358982600, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Filibuster War: Battle of Santa Rosa: – Costa Rican troops rout Walker's soldiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#January–March", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – American mercenary William Walker effectively takes control of Nicaragua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371140008#October–December", "title": "1856", "revid": 1371140008, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – U.S. mercenary William Walker is overthrown as ruler of Nicaragua by Honduran general Florencio Xatruch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#April–June", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1860, "year_label": "1860 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – William Walker, American filibuster who was briefly President of Nicaragua (executed) (b. 1824)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371066131#July–December", "title": "1860", "revid": 1371066131, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}