{"slug": "oliver-plunkett", "label": "Oliver Plunkett", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Plunkett", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706874", "qid": "Q706874", "description": "Irish archbishop, martyr and saint; (1629-1681)", "entries": 12, "years": 7, "span": [1625, 1681], "span_label": ["1625 CE", "1681 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 8}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "archbishop-of-armagh", "label": "Archbishop of Armagh", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "primacy-of-ireland", "label": "Primacy of Ireland", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "anthony-ashley-cooper-1st-earl-of-shaftesbury", "label": "Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "tyburn", "label": "Tyburn", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "canonization", "label": "Canonization", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish archbishop, martyr and saint (d. 1681)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363597525#October–December", "title": "1625", "revid": 1363597525, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (d. 1681)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#October–December", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Births › October–December"}}, {"year": 1669, "year_label": "1669 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 9", "text": "July 9 – Oliver Plunkett is appointed Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland (consecrated at Ghent 21 November (1 December NS)).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247387478#Events", "title": "1669 in Ireland", "revid": 1247387478, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh since 1669, is allowed to return to Ireland for the first time in more than 22 years, after a new policy of tolerance of Catholicism is enacted in England. Plunkett had departed for Rome in 1647 during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Executed in 1681 on false charges of plotting an invasion of Ireland, Plunkett is canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1975.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#January–March", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 7", "text": "March 7 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, sets foot on Irish soil for the first time in 23 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351866811#Events", "title": "1670 in Ireland", "revid": 1351866811, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 (December 6 O.S.) – Oliver Plunkett, the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh, is arrested on false charges of plotting to aid a French invasion of the British Isles, the so-called \"Popish Plot\". Executed in 1681, Plunkett will be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint almost 300 years later in 1975.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366669253#October–December", "title": "1679", "revid": 1366669253, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 24", "text": "24 March – The Earl of Shaftesbury informs the Privy Council of England that the Roman Catholics of Ireland are about to launch a rebellion, backed by France. The investigation falsely leads to the arrest and ultimate execution of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737535#Events", "title": "1680 in England", "revid": 1353737535, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – The Earl of Shaftesbury informs the Privy Council of England that the Roman Catholics of Ireland were about to launch a rebellion, backed by France. The investigation leads to the arrest and ultimate execution of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh, Oliver Plunkett.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#January–March", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 23", "text": "23 July–24 July – trial of Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, at Dundalk for conspiracy in the supposed \"Popish Plot\" ends without indictment and on 24 October he is transferred to London.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351866818#Events", "title": "1680 in Ireland", "revid": 1351866818, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, falsely convicted in June of treason, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, the last Catholic martyr to die in England; he is canonised in 1975.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#July–September", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July – Oliver Plunkett, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, falsely convicted of treason, is hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, the last Catholic martyr to die in England. Catholic intriguer Edward Fitzharris is executed on the same day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737545#Events", "title": "1681 in England", "revid": 1353737545, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Oliver Plunkett, Irish saint (b. 1629)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#Deaths", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Deaths"}}]}