{"slug": "dover", "label": "Dover", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179224", "qid": "Q179224", "description": "town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England", "entries": 17, "years": 12, "span": [1051, 1959], "span_label": ["1051 CE", "1959 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "calais", "label": "Calais", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "boulogne-sur-mer", "label": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "george-iv", "label": "George IV", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alexander-i-of-russia", "label": "Alexander I of Russia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-ii-of-england", "label": "Charles II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-england", "label": "James II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-confessor", "label": "Edward the Confessor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1051, "year_label": "1051 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Eustace II, count of Boulogne, visits England and is received with honour at the court by King Edward the Confessor. In Dover a fight breaks out between the Norman visitors and the locals, resulting in the deaths of several people. Edward blames the people of Dover and orders Godwin, earl of Wessex, to deal with them. Godwin refuses to obey Edward's order, and in response Edward raises an army and forces the Godwin family into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260254#England", "title": "1051", "revid": 1365260254, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1066, "year_label": "1066 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December", "text": "December – William the Conqueror moves along the south coast to Dover, and builds fortifications in the existing castle at the top of the cliffs. He moves to Canterbury and finally enters London. Archbishop Stigand and other English leaders submit to William's rule. On December 25, he is crowned as King William I of England in Westminster Abbey over Edward the Confessor's grave.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370249569#England_and_Scotland", "title": "1066", "revid": 1370249569, "section": "Events › Europe › England and Scotland"}}, {"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September", "text": "September – Geoffrey, illegitimate son of the late King Henry II and half-brother to Richard I and John, lands secretly at Dover. He has been consecrated as the new archbishop of York while in Tours, and on his return is arrested by William de Longchamp. Citing the Winchester treaty, John seeks a meeting with William. Geoffrey is freed, William flees and heads to Dover Castle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#England", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1217, "year_label": "1217 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Prince Louis VIII of France returns to France from Dover, England", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364762903#Events", "title": "1217 in France", "revid": 1364762903, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – King Charles II lands at Dover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986539#April–June", "title": "1660", "revid": 1365986539, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 25", "text": "25 May – Charles II lands on Dover beach and is met by Monck.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354345496#Events", "title": "1660 in England", "revid": 1354345496, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – At Dover, England, Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicise England, support French policy against the Dutch Republic (leading England into the Third Anglo-Dutch War), and convert to Catholicism himself. The treaty is ratified three days later. The terms will not become public until the early 19th century. Louis is represented in the negotiations by Charles' sister Princess Henrietta, Duchess of Orléans, who dies suddenly soon after returning to France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#April–June", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 1", "text": "1 June – At Dover, England, Louis XIV and Charles II of England sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return, Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the Dutch Republic, and convert to Catholicism himself.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737403#Events", "title": "1670 in France", "revid": 1353737403, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – James, Duke of York, marries Mary of Modena; they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992268#October–December", "title": "1673", "revid": 1365992268, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 23", "text": "23 November – the widowed James, Duke of York, the King's brother and heir, marries Mary of Modena; they meet for the first time immediately before the ceremony in Dover.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360074887#Events", "title": "1673 in England", "revid": 1360074887, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#January–March", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 7", "text": "7 January – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover to Calais, France in a hydrogen gas balloon, becoming the first to cross the English Channel by air.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359405347#Events", "title": "1785 in Great Britain", "revid": 1359405347, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – William Wordsworth, leaving London for Dover and Calais with his sister Dorothy, witnesses the early morning scene which he captures in his sonnet \"Composed upon Westminster Bridge\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341741915#July–September", "title": "1802", "revid": 1341741915, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia sail from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Impregnable as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#April–June", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 6", "text": "6 June – Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia sail from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Impregnable as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360306653#Events", "title": "1814 in Germany", "revid": 1360306653, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 30", "text": "June 30 – The first roll-on/roll-off ferry crossing of the English Channel, Dover–Boulogne, takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#June", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – The British SR.N1 hovercraft crosses the English Channel from Calais to Dover in just over 2 hours, on the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot's first crossing by heavier-than-air craft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#July", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › July"}}]}