{"slug": "sussex", "label": "Sussex", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sussex", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23346", "qid": "Q23346", "description": "historic county of England, United Kingdom", "entries": 12, "years": 11, "span": [477, 1836], "span_label": ["477 CE", "1836 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "kent", "label": "Kent", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-sussex", "label": "Kingdom of Sussex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thomas-wolsey", "label": "Thomas Wolsey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxon-chronicle", "label": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "siege", "label": "Siege", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "winchester", "label": "Winchester", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 477, "year_label": "477 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Aelle, first king of the South Saxons, lands on the Sussex coast of England with his three sons near Cymenshore, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The Britons engage him upon landing, but his superior force besieges them at Pevensey and drives them into the wood called Andredes leage. Over the next nine years, Saxon coastal holdings are gradually expanded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739274#Europe", "title": "477", "revid": 1364739274, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 666, "year_label": "666 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Wilfrid returns to Great Britain, but is shipwrecked in Sussex. When he finally reaches Northumbria, he finds he has been deposed and is forced to retire to Ripon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368711664#Religion", "title": "AD 666", "revid": 1368711664, "section": "Events › By place › Religion"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Cædwalla of Wessex establishes overlordship of Essex, and invades Kent for a second time. King Eadric is expelled, and Cædwalla's brother Mul is installed in his place. The sub-kings Berthun and Andhun are killed, and Sussex is subjugated by the West Saxons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Britain", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 725, "year_label": "725 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The exiled prince Ealdbert, possibly a nephew of King Ine of Wessex looking for recognition as his heir, seeks sanctuary in Sussex. Ine attacks the South Saxons and kills Ealdbert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808658#Britain", "title": "725", "revid": 1340808658, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 897, "year_label": "897 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "English warships (nine vessels from Alfred's new fleet) intercept six Viking longships in the mouth of an unknown estuary on the south coast (possibly at Poole Harbour) in Dorset. The Danes are blockaded, and three ships attempt to break through the English lines. Lashing the Viking boats to their own, the English crew board the enemy's vessels and kill everyone on board. Some ships manage to escape, two of the other three boats are driven against the Sussex coast. The shipwrecked sailors are brought before King Alfred the Great at Winchester and hanged. Just one Viking ship returns to East Anglia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130275#Britain", "title": "897", "revid": 1341130275, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1088, "year_label": "1088 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – A rebellion led by William the Conqueror's half-brothers Odo of Bayeux and Robert (2nd Earl of Cornwall), begins against King William II with the aim to remove him from the throne. Odo's revolt in Kent and Sussex is supported by nobles across the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365263990#England", "title": "1088", "revid": 1365263990, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1525, "year_label": "1525 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – 1525 Bayham Abbey riot; Villagers from Kent and Sussex, England riot and occupy Bayham Old Abbey for a week in protest against Cardinal Thomas Wolsey's order to suppress the monastery in order to fund two colleges founded by him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368819017#April–June", "title": "1525", "revid": 1368819017, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Mass executions by burning at the stake resume in England for Protestants convicted of heresy under the law of England's Catholic ruler, Queen Mary I. On the first day, four women and three men are put to death at Maidstone at Kent. The next day, at Canterbury, another seven prisoners are burned. On June 22, ten more people (six men and four women) burn at the stake at Lewes at Sussex. In all, 24 people (12 men and 12 women) are killed in a five-day period", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#April–June", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 30", "text": "June 30 – The earliest reported first-class cricket match takes place in Sussex in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355431044#April–June", "title": "1697", "revid": 1355431044, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1697, "year_label": "1697 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 30", "text": "30 June – earliest known first-class cricket match takes place, in Sussex.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737789#Events", "title": "1697 in England", "revid": 1353737789, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1729, "year_label": "1729 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 1", "text": "1 May – a tornado destroys buildings in Sussex and Kent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275835699#Events", "title": "1729 in Great Britain", "revid": 1275835699, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1836, "year_label": "1836 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Lewes avalanche: An avalanche at Lewes in Sussex, England, kills eight of fifteen people buried, when a row of cottages is engulfed in snow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342504#October–December", "title": "1836", "revid": 1368342504, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}