{"slug": "wiltshire", "label": "Wiltshire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23183", "qid": "Q23183", "description": "ceremonial county of England (use Q21694746 for administrative unitary authority)", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [556, 1703], "span_label": ["556 CE", "1703 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "hampshire", "label": "Hampshire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "somerset", "label": "Somerset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guthrum", "label": "Guthrum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-canterbury", "label": "Diocese of Canterbury", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelred-the-unready", "label": "Æthelred the Unready", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-england", "label": "Henry III of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "simon-de-montfort-6th-earl-of-leicester", "label": "Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dorset", "label": "Dorset", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 556, "year_label": "556 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Cynric and his son Ceawlin of Wessex fight against the Britons at Beranburh, now identified as Barbury Castle (Wiltshire) in South West England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739824#Britain", "title": "556", "revid": 1364739824, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Woden's Burg: Kings Ine of Wessex and Ceolred of Mercia clash at Woden's Burg (Wiltshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Britain", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Kempsford: Æthelmund, ealdorman of Hwicce, is killed during the battle by his rival Weohstan, who levies West Saxon Wiltshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Britain", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Battle of Edington: Supported by all the levies of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire, Alfred the Great decisively defeats the main body of Danish Vikings, led by King Guthrum, at modern-day Edington, Wiltshire (near Bratton Castle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1005, "year_label": "1005 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Ælfric of Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury, leaves ships to the people of Wiltshire and Kent in his will, leaving the best, equipped for 60 men, to King Æthelred the Unready.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341910116#British_Isles", "title": "1005", "revid": 1341910116, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1075, "year_label": "1075 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – Council of London: Archbishop Lanfranc instigates the movement of English bishoprics. One of these is the bishopric of Sherborne and Wilton which is moved to Old Sarum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265849#England", "title": "1075", "revid": 1365265849, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1080, "year_label": "1080 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Osmund, bishop of Salisbury, builds Devizes Castle in Wiltshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363303187#Britain", "title": "1080", "revid": 1363303187, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1175, "year_label": "1175 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Eleanor of Aquitaine is held under house arrest at Old Sarum Castle in Wiltshire. She is kept in comfort there – fine clothes for her are dispatched regularly from London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362172106#Britain", "title": "1175", "revid": 1362172106, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1231, "year_label": "1231 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – King Henry III orders the sheriffs of Hampshire, Dorsetshire and Wiltshire to give Simon de Montfort the possession of the lands of his father, Simon de Montfort the elder.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488978#Britain", "title": "1231", "revid": 1367488978, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1703, "year_label": "1703 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – Hannah Twynnoy, a 24-year-old barmaid in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, becomes the first person to be killed in Great Britain by a tiger. While working at the White Lion Inn, where a group of wild animals is on exhibit, she is mauled after bothering the tiger.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369923832#October–December", "title": "1703", "revid": 1369923832, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}