{"slug": "algeciras", "label": "Algeciras", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeciras", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484552", "qid": "Q484552", "description": "municipality and city in the province of Cádiz, Spain", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [859, 1340], "span_label": ["859 CE", "1340 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-castile", "label": "Kingdom of Castile", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "emirate-of-granada", "label": "Emirate of Granada", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alfonso-x-of-castile", "label": "Alfonso X of Castile", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "tarifa", "label": "Tarifa", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-leon", "label": "Kingdom of León", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muhammad-ii-of-granada", "label": "Muhammad II of Granada", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abu-yusuf-yaqub-ibn-abd-al-haqq", "label": "Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-of-aragon", "label": "Crown of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "murcia", "label": "Murcia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 859, "year_label": "859 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Viking raiders burn the mosques of Seville and Algeciras in al-Andalus (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#Iberian_Peninsula", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › Iberian Peninsula"}}, {"year": 1262, "year_label": "1262 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – King Alfonso X (\"the Wise\") of Castile and León, at a meeting in Jaén, demands military support from Muhammad I, ruler of Granada, and relinquishes the ports of Tarifa and Algeciras to prepare an invasion of North Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1275696322#Europe", "title": "1262", "revid": 1275696322, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1264, "year_label": "1264 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Mudéjar Revolt: Muslim rebel forces, aided by allies from Algeciras and Tarifa, take the town of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the outnumbered Castilian garrison led by Nuño González de Lara (\"the Good\"). The rebels are supported by Muhammad I, ruler of the Emirate of Granada, while King Alfonso X of Castile (\"the Wise\") is allied with Aragon. The rebels manage to capture Murcia, as well as several smaller towns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334426011#Europe", "title": "1264", "revid": 1334426011, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Reconquista: Siege of Algeciras – Castilian forces (some 30,000 men) led by King Alfonso X (\"the Wise\") besiege Algeciras (at this time under control of the Marinids). A fleet of 24 ships and some 80 galleys is placed in the Bay of Gibraltar to prevent the supply of the city from nearby Gibraltar. The fleet is made up of most of the members of the Order of Saint Mary of Spain, a military-religious order which is concentrated in naval warfare.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Europe", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1285, "year_label": "1285 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Castilian forces led by Sancho IV (the Brave) march against the Marinids at Jerez de la Frontera. Meanwhile, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq with his army of 18,000 cavalry and faced with dwindling supplies, decides to lift the siege after five months, on August 2. He withdraws his army to the safety of Algeciras and opens negotiations with Sancho while the Castilian fleet arrives at El Puerto de Santa Maria (or \"The port of Saint Mary\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359686470#Europe", "title": "1285", "revid": 1359686470, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1286, "year_label": "1286 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – Sultan Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq dies after a 28-year reign at Algeciras. He is succeeded by his son Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr, who becomes ruler of the Marinid Sultanate. Abu Yaqub makes a peace agreement with Muhammad II, Nasrid ruler of Granada, ceding all the towns previously occupied (except Algeciras and Tarifa). After confirming the peace with Castile on May 28, he leaves 3,000 men in the Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363071337#Europe", "title": "1286", "revid": 1363071337, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1309, "year_label": "1309 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – (21 Safar 709 A.H.) Siege of Algeciras: Castilian forces led by Ferdinand IV \"the Summoned\"\") begin the siege of Algeciras, capital of the Emirate of Granada. King Denis I of Portugal (\"the Poet King\") sends a contingent of 700 knights to support the siege. He provides Ferdinand, in accordance with his friendship, a loan of 16,600 silver marks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359759809#July_–_September", "title": "1309", "revid": 1359759809, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1340, "year_label": "1340 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Marinid galleys, under the command of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi, rout the Castellan fleet, off the coast of Algeciras.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319621241#Events", "title": "1340", "revid": 1319621241, "section": "Events"}}]}