{"slug": "bergamo", "label": "Bergamo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergamo", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628", "qid": "Q628", "description": "comune in Lombardy, Italy", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [603, 1428], "span_label": ["603 CE", "1428 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "brescia", "label": "Brescia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "pavia", "label": "Pavia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mantua", "label": "Mantua", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lombardy", "label": "Lombardy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "modena", "label": "Modena", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "po-valley", "label": "Po Valley", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-the-fowler", "label": "Henry the Fowler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 603, "year_label": "603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Agilulf besieges Cremona, and with the assistance of the Slavs the city is destroyed. He captures Padua and Mantua (Northern Italy); its territory is divided between the Lombard duchies of Brescia and Bergamo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752956#Europe", "title": "603", "revid": 1364752956, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 824, "year_label": "824 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Adelard becomes the new Duke of Spoleto upon the death of his father, Suppo I, who ruled much of Italy including Brescia, Parma, Piacenza, Modena, and Bergamo. Adelard reigns for only five months before dying in August.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361215157#By_date", "title": "824", "revid": 1361215157, "section": "Events › By date"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Arnulf of Carinthia invades Italy at the head of an East Frankish expeditionary army, joining up with the deposed king Berengar I at Verona. He conquers Brescia after little resistance, and sacks Bergamo after a one-month siege. The cities of Milan and Pavia open their doors to Arnulf. Emperor Guy III escapes from Pavia, to hide in the mountains of Spoleto (Umbria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Europe", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November", "text": "November – Lambert II and Berengar I agree to sign a treaty at Pavia. Berengar receives the realm between the Adda and the Po, while the rest stays under the control of Lambert (including the March of Tuscany). They share Bergamo, and Lambert pledges to marry Gisela, Berengar's daughter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Europe", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – Battle of the Brenta: The Magyar forces, consisting of 5,000 men, take a circuitous route through the mountains, crossing the Brenta River and proceed south to fall upon the encamped Lombard army (15,000 men) at Cartigliano. The Magyars massacre much of Berengar's unprepared army. He himself manages to escape to Pavia, changing his dress with the clothing of one of his soldiers. Árpád renews the offensive and heads across Lombardy, pillaging the countryside around Treviso, Vicenza, Bergamo and other towns all the way to Vercelli. He turns south and heads down the Aemilian Road, sacking Reggio Emilia, Modena and Bologna.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Europe", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – The Hungarians invade Saxony and force King Henry I (the Fowler) to retreat into the Castle of Werla. He makes a pact and agrees to pay them tribute for 9 years. They return to the Po Valley and sack the cities of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua (Northern Italy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#Europe", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1108, "year_label": "1108 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The consuls of Bergamo are first mentioned, indicating that the city has become an independent commune in Lombardy (Northern Italy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362166699#Europe", "title": "1108", "revid": 1362166699, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – A truce is reached to halt the Wars in Lombardy six months after the Venetian Army destroyed the Milanese town of Maclodio on October 11. The Duchy of Milan cedes the city of Bergamo to the Republic of Venice and the war halts for two years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#April–June", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}