{"slug": "arthur-wellesley-1st-duke-of-wellington", "label": "Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley%2C_1st_Duke_of_Wellington", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131691", "qid": "Q131691", "description": "British Field Marshal, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1828–1830, 1834 (1769-1852)", "entries": 26, "years": 18, "span": [1769, 1852], "span_label": ["1769 CE", "1852 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 16}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Duke  of Wellington", "Duke of Wellington"], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "robert-peel", "label": "Robert Peel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "jean-de-dieu-soult", "label": "Jean-de-Dieu Soult", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isambard-kingdom-brunel", "label": "Isambard Kingdom Brunel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-iv", "label": "William IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-lords", "label": "House of Lords", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-commons-of-the-united-kingdom", "label": "House of Commons of the United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-famine-ireland", "label": "Great Famine (Ireland)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brussels", "label": "Brussels", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "madrid", "label": "Madrid", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1769, "year_label": "1769 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1852)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354215144#Births", "title": "1769", "revid": 1354215144, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1808, "year_label": "1808 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Peninsular War: Battle of Roliça: A British-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeats an outnumbered French army under General Henri Delaborde.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369185588#July–September", "title": "1808", "revid": 1369185588, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10–11 – Peninsular War – Battle of Grijó: the Anglo-Portuguese Army, commanded by Sir Arthur Wellesley, defeats the French army, commanded by Marshal Soult, in Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#April–June", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – Peninsula War – Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#July–September", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 - Peninsular War: Battle of Bussaco: Anglo-Portuguese forces under General Arthur Wellington repel several attacks of the French invasion force (65,000 men) under André Masséna at Bussaco. Wellington is forced to withdraw to the Lines of Torres Vedras after Masséna's troops outflank his positions. The French lose 522 dead and 3,612 wounded. The allied losses are 200 dead and 1,001 wounded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#July–September", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1811, "year_label": "1811 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3–5 – Peninsular War – Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro: An Anglo-Portuguese Army under General Arthur Wellington defeats the French forces under Marshal André Masséna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361375672#April–June", "title": "1811", "revid": 1361375672, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1812, "year_label": "1812 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16–April 6 – Siege of Badajoz (Peninsular War): The Anglo-Portuguese Army, under the Earl of Wellington, besieges Badajoz, Spain and forces the surrender of the French garrison.", "cite": {"url": 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"year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Garris: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean Isidore Harispe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#February", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Orthez: An Allied army led by the Duke of Wellington is victorious against the French under Jean-de-Dieu Soult.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#February", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 29", "text": "29 March – The Duke of Wellington leaves Vienna, where he has been leading Britain's delegation at the Congress of Vienna, to take command of British and allied army gathering near Brussels", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352314168#January_to_June", "title": "1815 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1352314168, "section": "Events › January to June"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – Battle of Quatre Bras – Marshal Ney engages Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, resulting in a tactical and strategic draw.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#June", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Waterloo – Allied forces led by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher decisively, and this time permanently, defeat Napoleon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#June", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – Marie André Cantillon attempts to assassinate the Duke of Wellington in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#January–March", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 11", "text": "11 February – Marie André Cantillon attempts to assassinate the Duke of Wellington in Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352610021#Events", "title": "1818 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1352610021, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 12", "text": "12 May – Trial begins in Paris of Marie André Cantillon and Joseph Stanislas Marinet accused of involvement in the plot to assassinate the Duke of Wellington the previous February. Both men are ultimately acquitted.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331878775#Events", "title": "1819 in France", "revid": 1331878775, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 18", "text": "18 June – The Wellington Monument is inaugurated close to the Duke's London residence Apsley House on the seventh anniversary of his victory at Waterloo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319401517#Events", "title": "1822 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1319401517, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 10", "text": "10 November – A banquet is held in the Thames Tunnel under construction in London, attended by the Duke of Wellington and Isambard Kingdom Brunel", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324208607#Events", "title": "1827 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1324208607, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#January–March", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1829, "year_label": "1829 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 14", "text": "August 14 – King's College London is founded by Royal Charter, under the patronage of King George IV and the Prime Minister, The Duke of Wellington.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371400114#July–September", "title": "1829", "revid": 1371400114, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1830, "year_label": "1830 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – The Whig Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey succeeds Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352223718#October–December", "title": "1830", "revid": 1352223718, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1834, "year_label": "1834 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne becomes the last Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to be dismissed by the British monarch. King William IV temporarily appoints Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, to form a caretaker government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360367111#October–December", "title": "1834", "revid": 1360367111, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1834, "year_label": "1834 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Sir Robert Peel succeeds The Duke of Wellington as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360367111#October–December", "title": "1834", "revid": 1360367111, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1846, "year_label": "1846 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Peel, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes to repeal the Corn Laws by passing an Importation Bill, replacing the old colonial mercantile trade system with free trade in response to the Great Famine (Ireland). On June 25 the Duke of Wellington persuades the House of Lords to pass the Act, which will take full effect from February 1849. Peel, however, is forced to resign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342482#April–June", "title": "1846", "revid": 1368342482, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 14", "text": "September 14 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British general and political figure, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#July–December", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Deaths › July–December"}}]}