{"slug": "hengist-and-horsa", "label": "Hengist and Horsa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hengist_and_Horsa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6560105", "qid": "Q6560105", "description": "legendary brothers said to have led the invasion of Britain in 5th century", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [447, 488], "span_label": ["447 CE", "488 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": ["Horsa"], "related": [{"slug": "anglo-saxon-chronicle", "label": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vortigern", "label": "Vortigern", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "isle-of-thanet", "label": "Isle of Thanet", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-kent", "label": "Kingdom of Kent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxons", "label": "Saxons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bede", "label": "Bede", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 447, "year_label": "447 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Vortigern, king of the Britons, receives the Saxon leaders Hengist and Horsa \"as friends\" and grants the brothers the Isle of Thanet, most easterly point of Kent (England).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367502819#Europe", "title": "447", "revid": 1367502819, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 449, "year_label": "449 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Traditional date – Hengist and Horsa, by tradition chieftains of the Jutes, land at Isle of Thanet, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at the invitation of Vortigern. The Britons form a military alliance with them against the Picts and Scoti. Bede considers this the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354021999#Europe", "title": "449", "revid": 1354021999, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 455, "year_label": "455 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Horsa, leader of the Anglo-Saxons (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739434#Deaths", "title": "455", "revid": 1364739434, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 457, "year_label": "457 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 4,000 Britons are slain at Crecganford in battle against Hengist and his son Oisc of Kent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367050070#Europe", "title": "457", "revid": 1367050070, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 465, "year_label": "465 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Wippedesfleot: The Saxons under command of Hengist and Aesc are defeated by the Britons near Ebbsfleet (Kent). During the battle 12 Welsh leaders are killed (according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739674#Britannia", "title": "465", "revid": 1364739674, "section": "Events › By place › Britannia"}}, {"year": 488, "year_label": "488 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Hengist dies and is succeeded by his son Oisc as king of Kent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789358#Europe", "title": "488", "revid": 1340789358, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}