{"slug": "west-virginia", "label": "West Virginia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1371", "qid": "Q1371", "description": "state of the United States of America", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1749, 1950], "span_label": ["1749 CE", "1950 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "u-s-state", "label": "U.S. state", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "virginia", "label": "Virginia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abraham-lincoln", "label": "Abraham Lincoln", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ohio", "label": "Ohio", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-ii-of-great-britain", "label": "George II of Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ohio-river", "label": "Ohio River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cherokee", "label": "Cherokee", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – King George II of Great Britain grants the Ohio Company 200,000 acres (312½ square miles or 810 km 2 ) of land north of the Ohio River, encompassing most of the modern U.S. state of Ohio and part of West Virginia. The grant is conditioned on the Company being able to attract 100 European families every year, for seven years, to move to the area occupied by Indian tribes, and to build a fort to protect them", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#April–June", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1768, "year_label": "1768 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – Representatives of the Cherokee nation sign the Treaty of Hard Labour with British representative John Stuart and relinquish all claims to the land between the Ohio River and the Allegheny Mountains, now the United States state of West Virginia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369390957#October–December", "title": "1768", "revid": 1369390957, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs an act that admits West Virginia to the Union, thus dividing Virginia into two.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#December", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#June", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The first West Virginia tornado is recorded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651060#Undated", "title": "1889 in the United States", "revid": 1369651060, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – A tornado crossing West Virginia kills two.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369651060#April–June", "title": "1889 in the United States", "revid": 1369651060, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1900, "year_label": "1900 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6 – A coal mine explosion in West Virginia, United States, kills 50 miners.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373317536#March", "title": "1900", "revid": 1373317536, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "A record drought in the eastern part of the nation sees Upper Tract, West Virginia record only 9.50 in of precipitation for the year – the record lowest for a calendar year in the US east of the Mississippi. Averaged over the contiguous US the twelve months from July 1930 to June 1931 remains the driest such period on record.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370463000#Undated", "title": "1930 in the United States", "revid": 1370463000, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – In West Virginia, 372,000 coal miners strike (they remain out until March 3).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371638577#February", "title": "1950", "revid": 1371638577, "section": "Events › February"}}]}