{"slug": "hebrides", "label": "Hebrides", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrides", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123377", "qid": "Q123377", "description": "archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [83, 1851], "span_label": ["83 CE", "1851 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-the-isles", "label": "Kingdom of the Isles", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "isle-of-man", "label": "Isle of Man", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haakon-iv", "label": "Haakon IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-iii-of-scotland", "label": "Alexander III of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edinburgh", "label": "Edinburgh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "samuel-johnson", "label": "Samuel Johnson", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "connacht", "label": "Connacht", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-edward-stuart", "label": "Charles Edward Stuart", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 83, "year_label": "83 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Possible date that Demetrius of Tarsus visits an island in the Hebrides populated by holy men, possibly druids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371506430#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 83", "revid": 1371506430, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 937, "year_label": "937 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gebeachan, king of the Isles (Hebrides)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367668437#Deaths", "title": "937", "revid": 1367668437, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 989, "year_label": "989 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gofraid mac Arailt, Norse-Gael king of the Isles (Hebrides)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357624689#Deaths", "title": "989", "revid": 1357624689, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1098, "year_label": "1098 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June or July – Battle of Anglesey Sound: A Norwegian fleet led by King Magnus Barefoot reverses an Anglo-Norman invasion of North Wales. Magnus conquers the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides and the Isle of Man.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163181#Britain", "title": "1098", "revid": 1362163181, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1111, "year_label": "1111 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Domnall mac Taidc temporarily seizes the Kingdom of the Isles (the Hebrides and the Isle of Man) by force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268639#British_Isles", "title": "1111", "revid": 1365268639, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1258, "year_label": "1258 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jordan d'Exeter, Sheriff of Connacht, was slain in battle by Dubhghall mac Ruaidhrí, a Hebridean king who had plundered a merchant ship in Connacht.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318601954#Deaths", "title": "1258 in Ireland", "revid": 1318601954, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July", "text": "July – Scottish–Norwegian War: King Haakon IV of Norway (\"the Old\") assembles a fleet (some 120 warships), and sets sail to defend the Hebrides, in an attempt to reassert Norwegian sovereignty over the Western Isles of Scotland. Haakon stops at the Isle of Arran, where in August negotiations are started with the 21-year-old King Alexander III of Scotland. The talks are prolonged by the Scots until the autumn storms begin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#Europe", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July – Jacobite rising: The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides from the Du Teillay.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368388198#Events", "title": "1745 in Scotland", "revid": 1368388198, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July – Jacobite rising: Charles Stuart lands on Eriskay in the Hebrides in Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835334#Events", "title": "1745 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835334, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emigrants from the Highland Clearances in the Hebrides migrate to Prince Edward Island, and to Glasgow where the Gaelic-speaking congregation of St Columba Church of Scotland is formed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738695#Events", "title": "1770 in Scotland", "revid": 1353738695, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 6", "text": "6 August – Samuel Johnson sets out for Scotland where on 14 August he meets James Boswell in Edinburgh for their tour to the Hebrides. On 12 September they are entertained at Kingsburgh, Skye, by Allan and Flora MacDonald.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362254179#Events", "title": "1773 in Scotland", "revid": 1362254179, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Hebrides shipping services of Burns Brothers pass to David and Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne as David Hutcheson & Co.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361012678#Events", "title": "1851 in Scotland", "revid": 1361012678, "section": "Events"}}]}