{"slug": "vermont", "label": "Vermont", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermont", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16551", "qid": "Q16551", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 22, "years": 16, "span": [1609, 1941], "span_label": ["1609 CE", "1941 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 14}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "new-york-state", "label": "New York (state)", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "connecticut", "label": "Connecticut", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boston", "label": "Boston", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "massachusetts", "label": "Massachusetts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-jersey", "label": "New Jersey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rhode-island", "label": "Rhode Island", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maine", "label": "Maine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-hampshire", "label": "New Hampshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edmund-andros", "label": "Edmund Andros", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-congress", "label": "United States Congress", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1609, "year_label": "1609 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – French explorer Samuel de Champlain and his entourage of 60 men in 24 canoes become the first Europeans to enter Lake Champlain, located between the modern-day U.S. states of Vermont and New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365588617#July–September", "title": "1609", "revid": 1365588617, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1686, "year_label": "1686 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 20", "text": "December 20 – Edmund Andros arrives in Boston to become the British Governor of the newly created Dominion of New England, which includes most of the what are now the U.S. states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Vermont and much of the eastern portion of New York. The unpopular Andros, who reigns as a dictator after being appointed by King James II, is driven out of office in 1689 after the overthrow of James, and the Dominion of New England is broken up into its constituent colonies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368502958#October–December", "title": "1686", "revid": 1368502958, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#January–March", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1774, "year_label": "1774 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Delegates from twelve colonies discuss measures for common safety, at Philadelphia. Canada and Georgia are not represented, though invited. Vermont, not being organized, is not invited.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349954672#Events", "title": "1774 in Canada", "revid": 1349954672, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from New York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349829024#January–March", "title": "1777", "revid": 1349829024, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – Vermont declares its independence from Little York, becoming the Vermont Republic, an independent country, a status it retains until it joins the United States as the 14th state in 1791.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360217554#January–March", "title": "1777 in the United States", "revid": 1360217554, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1777, "year_label": "1777 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – The 1777 Constitution of Vermont is signed, officially abolishing slavery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349829024#July–December", "title": "1777", "revid": 1349829024, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1781, "year_label": "1781 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – Ethan Allen receives a further proposal from Col. Robinson; but sends both to Congress, with a request for the recognition of Vermont. Premising loyalty to Congress, he maintains that Vermont may properly treat with Great Britain, to prevent being subjected to another State, by the authority of a Government which Vermonters have helped to establish.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349954907#Events", "title": "1781 in Canada", "revid": 1349954907, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Threatened by three hostile forces, Vermont is advised by Gen. George Washington, a skilled surveyor, to limit jurisdiction to undisputed territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349954966#Events", "title": "1782 in Canada", "revid": 1349954966, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Vermont delays entering the Union, because Congress is partial to New York, and because of the General Government's indebtedness, for which Vermont is not bound.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955008#Events", "title": "1783 in Canada", "revid": 1349955008, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – The New York legislature consents to the admission to the Union of a new state, Vermont, formed within the boundaries of New York, contingent upon the successful conclusion of negotiations concerning disputed real-estate claims, and the boundary between the two states.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#January–March", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Commissioners appointed by the New York legislature announce the successful conclusion of negotiations between New York and Vermont, concerning disputed real-estate claims, and the consent of New York's legislature to the admission to the Union of the state of Vermont as the 14th State (which was formed within what New York claimed as its territory, under an Order in Council, that King George III issued on July 20, 1764).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#October–December", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 New York consents to Vermont's admission to the Union, with cessation of New York's jurisdiction, in the disputed territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955289#Events", "title": "1790 in Canada", "revid": 1349955289, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365416177#January–March", "title": "1791", "revid": 1365416177, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1791, "year_label": "1791 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state (see History of Vermont).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260468#Events", "title": "1791 in the United States", "revid": 1365260468, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United States flag of 15 stars and 15 stripes, in recognition of the recent admission of Vermont and Kentucky as the 14th and 15th states. A subsequent act restores the number of stripes to 13, but provides for additional stars upon the admission of each additional state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#January–March", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Indian chiefs, in Canada, claim from Vermont an equivalent of the greater part of Addison, Chittenden, Franklin and Grand Isle counties. They get their expenses to-and-fro.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955531#Events", "title": "1798 in Canada", "revid": 1349955531, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 17", "text": "February 17 – Federalist Congressman Roger Griswold of Connecticut attacks Vermont Representative Matthew Lyon with a walking stick in the chambers of the United States House of Representatives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352071875#Events", "title": "1798 in the United States", "revid": 1352071875, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Vermont answers Indian chiefs, in Canada, that their claims were extinguished by treaties of 1763 and 1783 between France, Great Britain and the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955564#Events", "title": "1799 in Canada", "revid": 1349955564, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1819, "year_label": "1819 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Norwich University is founded by Captain Alden Partridge in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355822452#July–September", "title": "1819", "revid": 1355822452, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot-plus iron rod being driven through his head.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370038858#July–September", "title": "1848", "revid": 1370038858, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Bernie Sanders, American politician, U.S. Senator (D-Vt.) and 2016 presidential candidate", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#September", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Births › September"}}]}