{"slug": "presbyterianism", "label": "Presbyterianism", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178169", "qid": "Q178169", "description": "branch of Protestant Christianity using presbyterian church government and originating in the British Isles", "entries": 22, "years": 19, "span": [1582, 1972], "span_label": ["1582 CE", "1972 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Prebysterian", "Presbyterian", "Scottish Presbyterian"], "related": [{"slug": "james-vi-and-i", "label": "James VI and I", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "parliament-of-england", "label": "Parliament of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "belfast", "label": "Belfast", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scottish-people", "label": "Scottish people", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oliver-cromwell", "label": "Oliver Cromwell", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "city-of-london", "label": "City of London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-ireland", "label": "Church of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "parliament-of-great-britain", "label": "Parliament of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-people", "label": "English people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 22", "text": "22 August – Raid of Ruthven: a political conspiracy of Presbyterian nobles abduct the King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362253030#Events", "title": "1582 in Scotland", "revid": 1362253030, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1582, "year_label": "1582 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – Raid of Ruthven in Scotland: Presbyterian nobles led by William Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie kidnap King James VI of Scotland, the kingdom's 16-year-old ruler, while he is hunting in Perthshire. The Earl of Gowrie imprisons the King at Ruthven Castle as part of a coup d'etat to reform the Scottish government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373325265#July–September", "title": "1582", "revid": 1373325265, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June", "text": "June – James VI enacts the \"Golden Act\" recognising the power of Presbyterianism within the Scottish church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362253111#Events", "title": "1592 in Scotland", "revid": 1362253111, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1607, "year_label": "1607 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Sir Randall MacDonnell settles 300 Presbyterian Scots families on his land in Antrim.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388391#Events", "title": "1607 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388391, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Protestant English and Presbyterian Scots settlers are imported directly by undertakers with the sanction of King James VI and I taking over forfeited estates of rebel leaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388411#Events", "title": "1609 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388411, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Scottish-born Presbyterian (and former physician) Alexander Leighton is brought before Archbishop William Laud's Star Chamber court in London for publishing the seditious pamphlet An Appeale to the Parliament, or, Sions Plea Against the Prelacy, an attack on Anglican bishops (printed in the Netherlands, 1628). He is sentenced to be pilloried and whipped, have his ears cropped, one side of his nose slit, and his face branded with \"SS\" (for \"sower of sedition\"), to be imprisoned, and be degraded from holy orders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#April–June", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – following a public disputation in Belfast, Henry Leslie, Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor, sentences Edward Brice, Henry Calvert, James Hamilton, John Ridge and one other non-subscribing Presbyterian minister to silence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305249087#Events", "title": "1636 in Ireland", "revid": 1305249087, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 7", "text": "7 August – Oliver Cromwell takes control of Parliament with the New Model Army, an attempt by Presbyterian MPs to raise the City of London having been unsuccessful.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737212#Events", "title": "1647 in England", "revid": 1353737212, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 26", "text": "26 December – the King signs a secret treaty with Scotland in which he promises to impose Presbyterianism in England in return for military assistance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737212#Events", "title": "1647 in England", "revid": 1353737212, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – King Charles proposes that some Presbyterian ministers become bishops to heal rifts in the Church; 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