{"slug": "berkshire", "label": "Berkshire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23220", "qid": "Q23220", "description": "ceremonial and non-metropolitan but non-administrative county of England", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [648, 1824], "span_label": ["648 CE", "1824 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxon-chronicle", "label": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "river-thames", "label": "River Thames", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "halfdan-ragnarsson", "label": "Halfdan Ragnarsson", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-people", "label": "English people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-anglia", "label": "East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cenwalh-of-wessex", "label": "Cenwalh of Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christopher-wren", "label": "Christopher Wren", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 648, "year_label": "648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Cenwalh of Wessex returns from a 3-year exile in East Anglia, to reclaim his kingdom. He gives 3,000 hides of land around Ashdown to his nephew Cuthred, possibly sub-king of Berkshire (England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804464#Britain", "title": "648", "revid": 1340804464, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelheard of Wessex dies after a 14-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother (and probably distant relative) Cuthred. Æthelbald of Mercia takes control of Berkshire from Wessex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Britain", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Cynewulf of Wessex retakes Berkshire from the Mercians, and begins a war with the Welsh (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654492#Britain", "title": "758", "revid": 1366654492, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 779, "year_label": "779 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Bensington: King Offa of Mercia defeats his rival Cynewulf of Wessex at Bensington (modern-day Oxfordshire). He seizes control of Berkshire, and probably London as well. According to sources of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Offa becomes \"King of All England\". Charlemagne writes a letter to him as \"his dearest brother\", but when Offa refuses to let one of Charlemagne's sons marry one of his daughters, Charlemagne threatens to close the ports to English traders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848243#Britain", "title": "779", "revid": 1340848243, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Danes, led by Halfdan Ragnarsson and Bagsecg, invade Wessex and take the royal estate at Reading (Berkshire), which Halfdan makes his headquarters. A naval Viking contingent sails up the Thames River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Britain", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Reading School is founded in Berkshire in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Education", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By topic › Education"}}, {"year": 1624, "year_label": "1624 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – the Norton Baronetcy, of Charlton in the County of Berkshire, is created in the Baronetage of Ireland in favour of English politician Gregory Norton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388049#Events", "title": "1624 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388049, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1689, "year_label": "1689 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Windsor Guildhall in Berkshire, designed by Sir Thomas Fitz (or Fiddes), is completed by Christopher Wren.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369556259#Undated", "title": "1689 in England", "revid": 1369556259, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Work commences on the reconstruction of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, to the design of Jeffry Wyattville.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353133511#Undated", "title": "1824 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1353133511, "section": "Events › Undated"}}]}