{"slug": "amazon-river", "label": "Amazon River", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3783", "qid": "Q3783", "description": "river in South America", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1610, 1981], "span_label": ["1610 CE", "1981 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "brazil", "label": "Brazil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "venezuela", "label": "Venezuela", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – English courtier Thomas Roe sets out on an expedition to The Guianas and Amazon River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#January–March", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1616, "year_label": "1616 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta, by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco, who had previously taken the city of São Luís in Maranhão from the French.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366307823#January–February", "title": "1616", "revid": 1366307823, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The Portuguese expedition led by Pedro Teixeira completes the first ascent of the Amazon River, crossing the Quijos River and arriving at Quito in Ecuador soon after (the same trip had been made in the opposite direction, in 1541).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#July–September", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Casiquiare canal, a river forming a natural channel between the Amazon River and Orinoco River basins, is first encountered by Europeans, an expedition led by Pedro Teixeira and Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#Date_unknown", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1659, "year_label": "1659 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 27", "text": "August 27 – Portuguese Jesuits led by António Vieira sign the Treaty of the Mapuá with various indigenous peoples on the Marajó Archipelago at the mouth of the Amazon River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986380#July–September", "title": "1659", "revid": 1365986380, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "June", "text": "June – An earthquake in Brazil of estimated magnitude 7, with epicenter on the left bank of the Amazon River about 45 km downstream from Manaus, spreads seismic waves through the forest and is felt up to 1000 km away.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#April–June", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Border Treaty between Brazil and Venezuela: The two countries agree their borders should be traced at the water divide, between the Amazon and the Orinoco basins.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#April–June", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1925, "year_label": "1925 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – English explorer Percy Fawcett sends a last telegram to his wife before he disappears in the Amazon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367485783#May", "title": "1925", "revid": 1367485783, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – The overcrowded ferry boat Sobral Santos II capsizes in the Amazon River, Óbidos, Brazil, killing at least 300 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#September", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › September"}}]}