{"slug": "sheffield", "label": "Sheffield", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42448", "qid": "Q42448", "description": "city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1773, 1989], "span_label": ["1773 CE", "1989 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "association-football", "label": "Association football", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-ireland", "label": "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "birmingham", "label": "Birmingham", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liverpool-f-c", "label": "Liverpool F.C.", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fa-cup", "label": "FA Cup", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1773, "year_label": "1773 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "27 May – Parliament passes the Plate Assay (Sheffield and Birmingham) Act 1772 (13 Geo. 3. c. 52) permitting assay offices in Birmingham and Sheffield.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347146307#Events", "title": "1773 in Great Britain", "revid": 1347146307, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Sheffield F.C., the world's first association football team, is founded in Sheffield, United Kingdom by Nathaniel Creswick and William Prest", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#October–December", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel, in Sheffield, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#January", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Great Sheffield Flood: A reservoir near Sheffield, England, bursts; 250 die.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#March", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 11", "text": "11 March – Great Sheffield Flood: the Dale Dike Dam bursts devastating Sheffield.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359853723#Events", "title": "1864 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1359853723, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – The Sheffield Wednesday F.C. is founded, at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#September", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1878, "year_label": "1878 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – The world's first recorded floodlit football fixture is played at Bramall Lane, in Sheffield, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365252865#October", "title": "1878", "revid": 1365252865, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – English Association football team Sheffield United F.C. is formed at the Adelphi Hotel, Sheffield. They play their first match on September 7.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#March", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13 – Harry Brearley invents stainless steel in Sheffield.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#August", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 15", "text": "15 April – 94 fans are killed in a crush during the FA Cup semi-final at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield during the FA Cup semi-final between Nottingham Forest FC and Liverpool F.C. Around 300 others have been hospitalized. Several of those injured are in a serious condition and there are fears that the death toll (already the worst of any sporting disaster in Britain) could rise even higher. The youngest victim is a 10-year-old boy, the oldest is 67-year-old Gerard Baron, brother of the late former Liverpool player Kevin Baron.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369904704#April", "title": "1989 in England", "revid": 1369904704, "section": "Events › April"}}]}