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The King is unconscious for two hours, sustaining an injury to an ulcerated leg and a concussion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#January–March", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Irish pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972668#Date_unknown", "title": "1593", "revid": 1351972668, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1593, "year_label": "1593 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Pirate queen Grace O'Malley meets with Queen Elizabeth I of England at Greenwich.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247428377#Events", "title": "1593 in Ireland", "revid": 1247428377, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Inigo Jones designs the Queen's House at Greenwich, near London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#Date_unknown", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Queen's House at Greenwich, designed by Inigo Jones in 1616 as the first major example of classical architecture in the country, is completed for Henrietta Maria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737114#Events", "title": "1638 in England", "revid": 1353737114, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 17", "text": "17 August – Admiral Blake dies of old wounds at sea off Plymouth. His body is given a lying in state in the Queen's House, Greenwich and a full state funeral in Cromwell's presence, and he becomes one of the first commoners to be honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey (although reinterred after the Restoration).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355059733#Events", "title": "1657 in England", "revid": 1355059733, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1661, "year_label": "1661 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 1", "text": "1 October – a yacht race from Greenwich to Gravesend between King Charles and James, Duke of York makes the sport fashionable.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737330#Events", "title": "1661 in England", "revid": 1353737330, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1677, "year_label": "1677 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The John Roan School is established in Greenwich, London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727449#Date_unknown", "title": "1677", "revid": 1360727449, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1714, "year_label": "1714 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 18", "text": "18 September – King George arrives in Britain for the first time, landing at Greenwich.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1301355538#Events", "title": "1714 in Great Britain", "revid": 1301355538, "section": "Events"}}]}