{"slug": "west-indies", "label": "West Indies", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Indies", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669037", "qid": "Q669037", "description": "island region in the Caribbean", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [1528, 1983], "span_label": ["1528 CE", "1983 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-orleans", "label": "New Orleans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mississippi-river", "label": "Mississippi River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louisiana", "label": "Louisiana", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "acadia", "label": "Acadia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "province-of-maryland", "label": "Province of Maryland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nova-scotia", "label": "Nova Scotia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liverpool", "label": "Liverpool", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-england", "label": "New England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1528, "year_label": "1528 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – A new, three-member executive junta is appointed by the King of Spain to govern New Spain and the West Indies, with Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Juan Ortiz de Matienzo, and Diego Delgadillo forming the first Audiencia Real. Beltran de Guzmán, Ortiz and Delgadillo succeed the two viceroys, Alonso de Estrada and Luis de la Torre. Beltran de Guzmán is designated as the President of the Audiencia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369577446#October–December", "title": "1528", "revid": 1369577446, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1625, "year_label": "1625 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 25", "text": "25 January – The Danish West India Company is granted an eight-year monopoly on trade with the West Indies, Virginia, Brazil and Guinea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340248385#Events", "title": "1625 in Denmark", "revid": 1340248385, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1734, "year_label": "1734 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – The Ostend Company, established in 1722 in the Austrian Netherlands (modern-day Belgium) to compete for trade in the West Indies (the Caribbean islands) and the East Indies (south and southeast Asia), ceases business as part of the agreement by Austria in the Second Treaty of Vienna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363450203#January–_March", "title": "1734", "revid": 1363450203, "section": "Events › January– March"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 16", "text": "16 June 1745 - After a six-week siege, the French fort of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island falls to the British colonial forces from New England organized by Governor William Shirley. This intensifies hostilities in what is known as King George's War, an extension of the European War of the Austrian Succession. The English go on to make new conquests from the French in the West Indies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349953585#Events", "title": "1745 in Canada", "revid": 1349953585, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1747, "year_label": "1747 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 13", "text": "December 13 – The ordeal of the Maryland freighter sloop Endeavour begins when the ship departs Annapolis for the West Indies and encounters a hurricane. With its masts and rigging torn away, the ship drifts for six months before finally ending up at the island of Tiree off the coast of Scotland", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372981647#October–December", "title": "1747", "revid": 1372981647, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 3", "text": "November 3 – According to the preliminaries of peace, signed at Fontainebleau, England is to have, with certain West Indies, Florida, Louisiana, to the Mississippi River (without New Orleans), Canada, Acadia, Cape Breton Island and its dependencies, and the fisheries, subject to certain French interests. Spain is to have New Orleans and Louisiana, west of the Mississippi, with an undetermined Western boundary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349954203#Events", "title": "1762 in Canada", "revid": 1349954203, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Battle of the Saintes: A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse, in the West Indies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#April–June", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "12 April – A British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a French fleet under the Comte de Grasse in the West Indies at the Battle of the Saintes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363776945#Events", "title": "1782 in Great Britain", "revid": 1363776945, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "American competition for West Indies trade kills Liverpool, Nova Scotia's merchant fleet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349955564#Events", "title": "1799 in Canada", "revid": 1349955564, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1802, "year_label": "1802 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Hans Jonatan, an escaped slaved from the West Indies arrives in Iceland, landing in Djúpivogur unbeknownst to the Danish government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929896#Events", "title": "1802 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929896, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1805, "year_label": "1805 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31–June 2 – Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Diamond Rock – A Franco-Spanish fleet captures the strategic island of Diamond Rock off Martinique in the West Indies, from the British.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357161554#April–June", "title": "1805", "revid": 1357161554, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July", "text": "July – outbreak of yellow fever onboard paddle frigate HMS Firebrand in the West Indies kills 52.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330919965#Events", "title": "1861 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1330919965, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – India wins the Cricket World Cup, defeating the West Indies by 43 runs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#June", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › June"}}]}