Burning of Washington

British naval attack on the United States during the War of 1812
Event arson Q897786
Burning of Washington
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Burning of Washington

Summary

Burning of Washington is an arson[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of arson entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,671 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Burning of Washington is located in District of Columbia[3].
  • Burning of Washington is in the country of United States[4].
  • Burning of Washington's image is recorded as British Burning Washington.jpg[5].
  • Burning of Washington's instance of is recorded as arson[6].
  • Burning of Washington's instance of is recorded as landing operation[7].
  • Burning of Washington's instance of is recorded as raid[8].
  • Washington, D.C. is named after Burning of Washington[9].
  • Burning of Washington's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85145353[10].
  • Burning of Washington's location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[11].
  • Burning of Washington's part of is recorded as War of 1812[12].
  • Burning of Washington's Commons category is recorded as Burning of Washington[13].
  • Burning of Washington's point in time is recorded as +1814-08-24T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Burning of Washington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.889722222222225, 'lon': -77.00888888888889}[15].
  • Burning of Washington's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04tnsf[16].
  • Burning of Washington's participant is recorded as Royal Navy[17].
  • Burning of Washington's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as E356.W3[18].
  • Burning of Washington's BBC Things ID is recorded as 7c455ebe-aba7-411f-9479-89edea6e070d[19].
  • Burning of Washington's FAST ID is recorded as 1352241[20].
  • Burning of Washington's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["HistoricalEvent", "BritishCaptureWashington1814"][21].
  • Burning of Washington's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["MilitaryConflict", "BurningOfWashington"][22].
  • Burning of Washington's Google News topics ID is recorded as CAAqIggKIhxDQkFTRHdvSkwyMHZNRFIwYm5ObUVnSmxiaWdBUAE[23].
  • Burning of Washington's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as the-burning-of-washington[24].
  • Burning of Washington's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007551286105171[25].
  • Burning of Washington's UK Archival Thesaurus ID is recorded as f8/mt805/5061/burning-of-washington-(1814)[26].
  • Burning of Washington's WikiKids ID is recorded as Brand_van_Washington[27].

Why It Matters

Burning of Washington ranks in the top 4% of arson entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,671 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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