Transylvania Colony

extra-legal colony and democracy founded in 1775 by pioneer colonels of the Transylvania Company
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Transylvania Colony

Summary

Transylvania Colony is a human settlement[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month, #263 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Transylvania Colony is in the country of United States[3].
  • Transylvania Colony's instance of is recorded as human settlement[4].
  • Transylvania Colony's instance of is recorded as land claim[5].
  • Transylvania Colony's instance of is recorded as government[6].
  • Transylvania Colony's instance of is recorded as historical country[7].
  • Transylvania Colony's main regulatory text is recorded as constitution[8].
  • Transylvania Colony's subclass of is recorded as cultural heritage[9].
  • Transylvania Colony's Commons category is recorded as Transylvania Colony[10].
  • +1775-05-23T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Transylvania Colony[11].
  • Transylvania Colony's start time is recorded as +1775-05-23T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Transylvania Colony's end time is recorded as +1778-11-04T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Transylvania Colony's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01tk50[14].
  • Transylvania Colony's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Transylvania-Convention[15].
  • Transylvania Colony's different from is recorded as Transylvania[16].
  • Transylvania Colony's different from is recorded as Transylvania University[17].
  • Transylvania Colony's different from is recorded as Transylvania County[18].

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Geography

Transylvania Colony is in the country of United States[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement[4], land claim[5], government[6], and historical country[7].

History and Context

+1775-05-23T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Transylvania Colony[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Transylvania Colony include Transylvania University[19], a private university[20], in United States[21], founded in 1780[22], headquartered in Lexington[23] and Transylvania County[24], a county of North Carolina[25], in United States[26], founded in 1861[27].

Why It Matters

Transylvania Colony ranks in the top 0.73% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (98 views/month, #263 of 35,923).[2]

Entities named for it include Transylvania University[19], a private university[20], in United States[21], founded in 1780[22], headquartered in Lexington[23] and Transylvania County[24], a county of North Carolina[25], in United States[26], founded in 1861[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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