{"slug": "freemasonry", "label": "Freemasonry", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41726", "qid": "Q41726", "description": "group of fraternal organizations", "entries": 19, "years": 15, "span": [1717, 1890], "span_label": ["1717 CE", "1890 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 10}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Freemasons", "Masonic"], "related": [{"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-leo-xiii", "label": "Pope Leo XIII", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prague", "label": "Prague", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "budapest", "label": "Budapest", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "joseph-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crusades", "label": "Crusades", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-clement-xii", "label": "Pope Clement XII", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 24", "text": "24 June – Grand Lodge of London and Westminster, the first Freemasonic Grand Lodge (the later United Grand Lodge of England), is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1320245148#Events", "title": "1717 in Great Britain", "revid": 1320245148, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1717, "year_label": "1717 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the Modern and first Free-Masonic Grand Lodge (which merges with the Ancient Grand Lodge of England in 1813 to form the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366802832#April–June", "title": "1717", "revid": 1366802832, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "1725–1730 - Freemasonry is established in France as an English import.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738183#Events", "title": "1725 in France", "revid": 1353738183, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Freemasonry is established in France, as an English import.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#Date_unknown", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – The Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin holds its first recorded meeting, making it the second most senior Grand Lodge in world Freemasonry, and the oldest in continuous existence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#April–June", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – first recorded meeting of the Grand Lodge of Ireland in Dublin, making it the second most senior Grand Lodge in world Freemasonry, and the oldest in continuous existence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247386429#Events", "title": "1725 in Ireland", "revid": 1247386429, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – The first Freemasons lodge, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, opens in what will become the United States of America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#July–September", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 17", "text": "17 March - The Freemasonry is introduced to Sweden by Axel Wrede Sparre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279556532#Events", "title": "1735 in Sweden", "revid": 1279556532, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1736, "year_label": "1736 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – Andrew Michael Ramsay gives an oration, in which he relates the heritage and internationalism of Freemasonry to that of the Crusades.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559528#October–December", "title": "1736", "revid": 1360559528, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1738, "year_label": "1738 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Pope Clement XII issues the papal bull In eminenti apostolatus, prohibiting Roman Catholics from being members of Masonic societies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363165384#April–June", "title": "1738", "revid": 1363165384, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1741, "year_label": "1741 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Earliest known record of the Royal Order of Scotland within British Freemasonry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367100970#Events", "title": "1741 in Scotland", "revid": 1367100970, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 4", "text": "4 July – Robert Burns joins the Freemasons at Tarbolton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254199#The_arts", "title": "1781 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254199, "section": "The arts"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16–August 29 – The Masonic Congress of Wilhelmsbad, Germany, one of the most important secret society congresses in history, takes place. High-degree Freemasons from the whole of Europe spend the time deliberating the fate of the rite of Strict Observance, and hierarchy of the governing bodies of world Freemasonry, at the Hanau-Wilhelmsbad spa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#July–September", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 11", "text": "December 11 – An edict is issued limiting Masonic lodges throughout the Holy Roman Empire by Emperor Joseph II. With the exception of Vienna, Budapest and Prague, no Empire province may have more than one lodge.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#October–December", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 14", "text": "14 May - Illegal Masonic meeting held in Sydney and all participants arrested.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374053637#Events", "title": "1803 in Australia", "revid": 1374053637, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 13", "text": "13 May: D. Pedro I is acclaimed Perpetual Defender of Brazil by Freemasonry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242961143#May", "title": "1822 in Brazil", "revid": 1242961143, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1826, "year_label": "1826 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – William Morgan is arrested in Batavia, New York, for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that led to his mysterious disappearance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369615062#Events", "title": "1826 in the United States", "revid": 1369615062, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus, denouncing Freemasonry and certain liberal beliefs which he considers to be associated with it.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364372487#April", "title": "1884", "revid": 1364372487, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1890, "year_label": "1890 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 15", "text": "15 October – The Ab apostolici papal encyclical against Freemasonry in Italy is promulgated by Pope Leo XIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1249908189#October", "title": "1890 in Italy", "revid": 1249908189, "section": "Events › October"}}]}