{"slug": "basel", "label": "Basel", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q78", "qid": "Q78", "description": "city on the Rhine in Switzerland", "entries": 21, "years": 20, "span": [917, 2025], "span_label": ["917 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "switzerland", "label": "Switzerland", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "new-testament", "label": "New Testament", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-swabia", "label": "Duchy of Swabia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "principality-of-hungary", "label": "Principality of Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arnulf-duke-of-bavaria", "label": "Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-martin-v", "label": "Pope Martin V", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "council-of-basel", "label": "Council of Basel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "florence", "label": "Florence", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "john-i-of-castile", "label": "John I of Castile", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Hungarians, after attacking Swabia, sack and burn Basel (modern Switzerland). They invade Lorraine in Lotharingia, destroying Verdun and Moyenmoutier, and many monasteries in Alsace. Duke Arnulf I (the Bad) with Hungarian military aid, reconquers his land from King Conrad I of the East Frankish Kingdom. After this event, Bavaria and Swabia agree to pay tribute to the Hungarians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Europe", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – The Böse Fasnacht, a riot in the Swiss city of Basel, breaks out during a tournament at a carnival and numerous people are killed, including several of the soldiers of the Duke of Austria, Leopold III. The city council arrests and executes 12 perpetrators, but Duke Leopold proceeds with placing the city under stricter control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#January–March", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1376, "year_label": "1376 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – The Swiss city of Basel is placed under an imperial ban by the Habsburg dynasty's Leopold III, Duke of Austria because of the February 26 riot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371264713#July–September", "title": "1376", "revid": 1371264713, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1377, "year_label": "1377 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "A sermon by a German monk states \"the game of cards has come to us this year\", and prohibitions against cards are issued by Prince John of Castile, and the cities of Florence and Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368383535#Date_unknown", "title": "1377", "revid": 1368383535, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1431, "year_label": "1431 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – An ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, originally called by Pope Martin V before his death in February, convenes at Basel in Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361768961#July–September", "title": "1431", "revid": 1361768961, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1440, "year_label": "1440 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – At Basel in Switzerland, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy is crowned as \"Pope Felix V\" by Roman Catholic cardinals of the Council of Basel who had voted to depose Pope Eugene IV as leader of the Roman Catholic Church. As Felix V, he is designated in Vatican history as the last \"antipope\". He remains in Basel and never travels to Rome to assume the papacy; in 1449, after the death of Eugene IV, Amadeus assumes an oath of loyalty to Eugene's successor, Pope Nicholas V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343605568#July–September", "title": "1440", "revid": 1343605568, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Under an agreement with the Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich III, the city council of Basel in Switzerland votes to expel all persons attending the Council of Basel, a group of clerics opposed to the Roman Catholic Pope.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#April–June", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1499, "year_label": "1499 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – At the Battle of Bruderholz, the Swiss Confederation defeats a larger force of troops from the Swabian League near Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369343359#January–March", "title": "1499", "revid": 1369343359, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1501, "year_label": "1501 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – The semi-independent city of Basel joins the Swiss Confederation as the eleventh canton of Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582028#April–June", "title": "1501", "revid": 1360582028, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1516, "year_label": "1516 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Desiderius Erasmus publishes a new Greek edition of the New Testament, Novum Instrumentum omne, in Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368315851#January–March", "title": "1516", "revid": 1368315851, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1522, "year_label": "1522 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The third edition of Erasmus's Greek Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Novum Testamentum (with parallel Latin text), is published in Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372799978#Date_unknown", "title": "1522", "revid": 1372799978, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first edition of John Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, a seminal work of Protestant systematic theology, is published in Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#January–March", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Excerpta antiqua is published by Hervagius at Basel, Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#Date_unknown", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – At Basel, the body of Dutch Anabaptist leader David Joris is exhumed and burned, following his posthumous conviction of heresy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#April–June", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – The first complete printed Bible in a Spanish translation (La Biblia), made by Casiodoro de Reina, is published in Basel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#July–September", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1758, "year_label": "1758 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "J. R. Geigy, predecessor of Novartis, a global pharmaceutical brand, founded in Basel, Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366206062#Date_unknown", "title": "1758", "revid": 1366206062, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1897, "year_label": "1897 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – The First Zionist Congress convenes in Basel, Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362850810#August", "title": "1897", "revid": 1362850810, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – At Basel in Switzerland, the International Zionist Conference delegates vote to reject the British offer of land in Uganda for a Jewish homeland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#July", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – The UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#June", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Sandoz chemical spill: A major environmental disaster near Basel, Switzerland pollutes the Rhine, when an agrochemical storehouse catches on fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#November", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13–17 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is held in Basel, Switzerland. Austrian contestant JJ wins with the song \"Wasted Love\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#May", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › May"}}]}