{"slug": "newfoundland-and-labrador", "label": "Newfoundland and Labrador", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2003", "qid": "Q2003", "description": "province of Canada", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [1502, 1990], "span_label": ["1502 CE", "1990 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Newfoundland"], "related": [{"slug": "guglielmo-marconi", "label": "Guglielmo Marconi", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bristol", "label": "Bristol", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-brunswick", "label": "New Brunswick", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-john-s-newfoundland-and-labrador", "label": "St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1502, "year_label": "1502 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Bristol merchants return from Newfoundland (first so named this year from a letter) to England, carrying three native people and cod from the Grand Banks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367622674#Date_unknown", "title": "1502", "revid": 1367622674, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – English ship Squirrel, the flagship of explorer, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, sinks in a storm with all hands along with all but one of Gilbert's colonial expedition. Gilbert and his men had been returning from North America after claiming Newfoundland in the name of Queen Elizabeth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#July–September", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1696, "year_label": "1696 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – England's Royal Navy scuttles and deliberately sinks its 32-gun battleship HMS Sapphire in Bay Bulls Harbour in Newfoundland, rather than let it be captured by the French Navy following a disastrous battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361123555#July–September", "title": "1696", "revid": 1361123555, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Captain Giraudais's French fleet reaches the Gaspé Peninsula of northeast Quebec and captures seven British merchant ships, but Giraudais learns that the British have already preceded him up the St. Lawrence River and diverts to Chaleur Bay at Newfoundland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358844484#April–June", "title": "1760", "revid": 1358844484, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "December – Prominent French Canadians petition the King to restore their ancient laws and accord them the rights of British subjects, reminding him that five-sixths of the seigniories belong to Frenchmen. They represent that the Labrador Coast and fisheries, now alienated to Newfoundland, should revert to Canada. They prefer a Legislative Council, nominated by the King, because less expensive than an Elective Assembly.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349954645#Events", "title": "1773 in Canada", "revid": 1349954645, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1786, "year_label": "1786 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland allowed to import goods from the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955122#Events", "title": "1786 in Canada", "revid": 1349955122, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1817, "year_label": "1817 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Famine in Newfoundland due to poor postwar economy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349956094#Full_date_unknown", "title": "1817 in Canada", "revid": 1349956094, "section": "Events › Full date unknown"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – At least 170 people—and perhaps as many as 265—are killed when the British brig Lady of the Lake sinks off Cape St. Francis at Newfoundland. Only 15 people survive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#April–June", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1854, "year_label": "1854 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – SS Arctic disaster: The American paddle steamer SS Arctic sinks after a collision with the much smaller French ship SS Vesta, 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Newfoundland, with approximately 320 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496011#July–September", "title": "1854", "revid": 1362496011, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1901, "year_label": "1901 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Guglielmo Marconi receives the first trans-Atlantic radio signal, sent from Poldhu, England, to St. John's, Newfoundland; it is the letter \"S\" in Morse code.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318021#December", "title": "1901", "revid": 1373318021, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Newfoundland - Guglielmo Marconi sends wireless messages across the Atlantic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#December", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1949, "year_label": "1949 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 - Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province at a fraction of a second from April 1", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350029227#Events", "title": "1949 in Canada", "revid": 1350029227, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – In Canada, the Meech Lake Accord of 1987 dies after the Manitoba and Newfoundland legislatures fail to approve it ahead of the deadline.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#June", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › June"}}]}