{"slug": "lancashire", "label": "Lancashire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancashire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23077", "qid": "Q23077", "description": "ceremonial county in North-West England, United Kingdom", "entries": 16, "years": 14, "span": [1089, 1984], "span_label": ["1089 CE", "1984 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "liverpool", "label": "Liverpool", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yorkshire", "label": "Yorkshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "northumberland", "label": "Northumberland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-ii-of-england", "label": "William II of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglesey", "label": "Anglesey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "irish-sea", "label": "Irish Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manchester", "label": "Manchester", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "birmingham", "label": "Birmingham", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liverpool-castle", "label": "Liverpool Castle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-2nd-earl-of-lancaster", "label": "Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1089, "year_label": "1089 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Northumbria is divided by King William II into the counties of Northumberland, County Palatine of Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270667#England", "title": "1089", "revid": 1365270667, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – Banastre Rebellion: A group of English knights start an uprising in Lancashire and revenge themselves on Thomas of Lancaster. After the rebellion, Liverpool Castle is granted to Robert de Holland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018303#October_–_December", "title": "1315", "revid": 1332018303, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1446, "year_label": "1446 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – In England, Thomas de Ashton and Edmund de Trafford, both knights of Lancashire, are granted special dispensation by King Henry VI to use their research in alchemy to transmute substances into precious metals.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360566332#April–June", "title": "1446", "revid": 1360566332, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1487, "year_label": "1487 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – The rebel army led by Lambert Simnel, who has proclaimed himself as \"King Edward VI\" lands on Piel Island at Lancashire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366465965#April–June", "title": "1487", "revid": 1366465965, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – The earliest recorded Preston Guild Court is held in Lancashire, England, in the modern sequence, which lasts unbroken until 1922.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#July–September", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – In England, 12 persons who become known as the Pendle witches allegedly hold a coven at the Malkin Tower in Lancashire on Good Friday, after which 10 people die mysteriously. All but two of the accused witches are tried for causing harm by witchcraft on August 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#April–June", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1612, "year_label": "1612 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 20", "text": "August 20 – Ten Pendle witches are hanged, having been found guilty of practising witchcraft in Lancashire in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366306597#July–September", "title": "1612", "revid": 1366306597, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1779, "year_label": "1779 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The spinning mule is perfected by Lancashire inventor Samuel Crompton.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567590#Date_unknown", "title": "1779", "revid": 1370567590, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Ribchester Hoard and helmet found in Lancashire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360244383#Events", "title": "1796 in Great Britain", "revid": 1360244383, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 1", "text": "1 October - The brig Mary runs aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea and is wrecked with the loss of seven of the ten people on board. Two of the survivors are rescued by Mary, a ship homeported in Liverpool, Lancashire, whilst the third is rescued by Mary, a ship homeported in Amlwch, Anglesey.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360284081#Events", "title": "1806 in Wales", "revid": 1360284081, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1842, "year_label": "1842 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Beecham's Pills (a laxative) is first marketed in Lancashire, England, by Thomas Beecham, forming the basis of the Beecham Group and GSK plc pharmaceutical companies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365455258#Date_unknown", "title": "1842", "revid": 1365455258, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 3", "text": "3 September – Three years after the formation of the Football League, a Second Division is created. Its twelve members are: Small Heath of Birmingham, Sheffield United, Darwen of Lancashire, Grimsby Town, Ardwick of Manchester, Burton Swifts of Staffordshire, Northwich Victoria of Cheshire, Bootle of Liverpool, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra, Burslem Port Vale of Staffordshire and Walsall Town Swifts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360725724#Events", "title": "1892 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1360725724, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Pretoria Pit disaster: a coal mine explosion at the Hulton Colliery Company of Westhoughton in Lancashire, England, kills 344 miners, with just one survivor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#December", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 21", "text": "21 December – The Pretoria Pit disaster: a massive underground explosion in a colliery belonging to the Hulton Colliery Company at Westhoughton in Lancashire, kills 344, with just one survivor, the second-worst mining accident in England and the third-worst in Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360970675#Events", "title": "1910 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1360970675, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 9", "text": "9 October – Skelmersdale, a small Lancashire town fifteen miles north-east of Liverpool, is designated as a new town and its population will expand over the coming years, bolstered by large council housing developments to rehouse families from inner city slums on Merseyside.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366695811#October–December", "title": "1961 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1366695811, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – A methane gas explosion at Abbeystead water treatment works in Lancashire, UK, kills 16 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#May", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › May"}}]}