{"slug": "waterford", "label": "Waterford", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183551", "qid": "Q183551", "description": "city in Ireland", "entries": 23, "years": 21, "span": [914, 1923], "span_label": ["914 CE", "1923 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 3}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Port Láirge", "Waterford (city)", "Waterford City"], "related": [{"slug": "dublin", "label": "Dublin", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "richard-de-clare-2nd-earl-of-pembroke", "label": "Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "leinster", "label": "Leinster", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "henry-ii-of-england", "label": "Henry II of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "diarmait-mac-murchada", "label": "Diarmait Mac Murchada", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "john-king-of-england", "label": "John, King of England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-ireland", "label": "Republic of Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-meath", "label": "Kingdom of Meath", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "huguenots", "label": "Huguenots", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "normans", "label": "Normans", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 914, "year_label": "914 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Viking raiders establish a settlement near Waterford (Ireland) led by Ottir (the Black). The Dublin Vikings are forced to pay tribute to the Irish kings of Meath and Leinster as the price to keeping their independence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355643516#Europe", "title": "914", "revid": 1355643516, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1140, "year_label": "1140 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A battle was fought by the foreigners of Ath-cliath, over the foreigners of Port-Lairge, in which the son of Mac Tormair was slain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367186078#Events", "title": "1140 in Ireland", "revid": 1367186078, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1167, "year_label": "1167 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Diarmait Mac Murchada, exiled King of Leinster, returns from Wales with a force of Flemings under Richard fitz Godbert de Roche of Rhos (the first Anglo-Norman knight to land in Ireland) and retakes control of the Uí Ceinnselaig, presaging the Norman invasion of Ireland, but fails to take Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247814145#Events", "title": "1167 in Ireland", "revid": 1247814145, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1169, "year_label": "1169 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "1 May – Norman invasion of Ireland starts with the arrival at Bannow Bay in Leinster of Norman military leaders Robert Fitz-Stephen, Maurice FitzGerald and others including Cambro-Norman knight (and vassal of Henry II of England) Richard de Clare (\"Strongbow\") who has made an alliance with exiled Irish chief Diarmait Mac Murchada to help him regain the throne of Leinster. Wexford, Waterford, Dublin and the Kingdom of Ossory are taken and Mac Murchada restored as King of Leinster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318453331#Events", "title": "1169 in Ireland", "revid": 1318453331, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1171, "year_label": "1171 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Henry II invades Ireland and lands with a large army of at least 500 mounted knights, and 4,000 men and archers at Waterford. Henry commandeers merchant ships as part of his invasion. He claims the ports of Dublin, Waterford, and Wexford, and promises the Irish chieftains protection if they will acknowledge him as their overlord. Henry is recognized as \"Lord of Ireland\", traders are invited to Dublin where an English colony is set up.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362165802#Ireland", "title": "1171", "revid": 1362165802, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1174, "year_label": "1174 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Battle of Thurles: Gaelic-Irish forces under King Domnall Mór Ua Briain defeat an Anglo-Norman invasion at Thurles in Ireland. The English expedition led by Earl Richard de Clare (Strongbow) is surprised while encamped in the area of Lognafola and is forced to retreat to Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362171775#Ireland", "title": "1174", "revid": 1362171775, "section": "Events › By place › Ireland"}}, {"year": 1185, "year_label": "1185 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 25", "text": "25 April–December – John's first expedition to Ireland: King Henry II of England knights his son and heir, the 18-year-old Prince John, newly created Lord of Ireland, and sends him to Ireland, accompanied by 300 knights and a team of administrators to enforce English overlordship. Landing at Waterford, he treats the local Irish rulers with contempt, making fun of their unfashionable long beards. Also failing to make allies amongst the Anglo-Norman settlers, the English army is unable to subdue the Irish fighters in unfamiliar conditions and the expedition soon becomes a complete disaster, returning to England in defeat. Nonetheless, Henry gets John named 'King of Ireland' by Pope Urban III and procures a golden crown with peacock feathers. The expedition is accompanied and chronicled by Gerald of Wales.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318602311#Events", "title": "1185 in Ireland", "revid": 1318602311, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1204, "year_label": "1204 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Fairs Act enacted by John, King of England provides for the erection of a castle and fortifications at Dublin and the establishment of fairs at Donnybrook (near Dublin), Waterford and Limerick. It will be the oldest statute in force on the Irish statute book as of 2007.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1286382365#Events", "title": "1204 in Ireland", "revid": 1286382365, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1332, "year_label": "1332 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 20", "text": "20 September Prisage of wine at ports of Dublin, Drogheda, Limerick and Waterford granted to the Earl of Ormond", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323561565#Events", "title": "1332 in Ireland", "revid": 1323561565, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1367, "year_label": "1367 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Attack on the city of Waterford, killing over one hundred people, by the Poers, an English family.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324324237#Events", "title": "1367 in Ireland", "revid": 1324324237, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1495, "year_label": "1495 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 23", "text": "July 23 – After failing at the Battle of Deal, Perkin Warbeck and his troops land with 11 ships at the Ireland port of Waterford to gain a foothold in his attempt to invade England. Warbeck is joined by an Irish noble, Maurice FitzGerald, Earl of Desmond, and begins an 11-day siege. The defenders of Waterford protect the walled city by damming the St. John's River to flood the marshes around Warbeck's soldiers, and fire the fortresses cannons at Warbeck's ships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256979#July–September", "title": "1495", "revid": 1365256979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "St John's Priory Hospital, Waterford (granted to William Wise, November).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1318938597#Events", "title": "1536 in Ireland", "revid": 1318938597, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1605, "year_label": "1605 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Refugee French Huguenot merchants begin to settle in Dublin and Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477436#Date_unknown", "title": "1605", "revid": 1362477436, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 23", "text": "23 January – Charter of Waterford revoked after election of recusants (restored 1626).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388273#Events", "title": "1618 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388273, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1626, "year_label": "1626 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Charter of Waterford (revoked in 1618) is restored.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247388080#Events", "title": "1626 in Ireland", "revid": 1247388080, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – The first Waterford Crystal glassmaking business begins production in Waterford, Ireland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370056030#October–December", "title": "1783", "revid": 1370056030, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 3", "text": "3 October – first Waterford Crystal glassmaking business begins production in Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247385494#Events", "title": "1783 in Ireland", "revid": 1247385494, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1793, "year_label": "1793 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Construction commences on the first bridge across the River Suir at Waterford, built by the American Lemuel Cox in wood.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1278431806#Events", "title": "1793 in Ireland", "revid": 1278431806, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "First Christian Brothers' school founded by Edmund Rice in Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349398472#Events", "title": "1802 in Ireland", "revid": 1349398472, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May", "text": "May – Amelia, commanded by William Proby, Lord Proby sails to Cork, Waterford and Dublin to land 150 discharged seaman.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349398472#Events", "title": "1802 in Ireland", "revid": 1349398472, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1820, "year_label": "1820 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "May 6", "text": "6 May – failure of Newport's Bank in Waterford.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1247384952#Events", "title": "1820 in Ireland", "revid": 1247384952, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1882, "year_label": "1882 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 20", "text": "20 October – The Victory, a Bideford schooner carrying coal from Cardiff to Waterford, sinks near Ballyteique with the loss of all crew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360591343#Events", "title": "1882 in Wales", "revid": 1360591343, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 22", "text": "22 August – Fires at the Waterford offices of the Waterford News and Sinn Féin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372008631#August", "title": "1923 in Ireland", "revid": 1372008631, "section": "Events › August"}}]}