{"slug": "bergen", "label": "Bergen", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergen", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26793", "qid": "Q26793", "description": "Norwegian city in Vestland, Norway", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [997, 1944], "span_label": ["997 CE", "1944 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "trondheim", "label": "Trondheim", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-norway-8721397", "label": "Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "oslo", "label": "Oslo", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 997, "year_label": "997 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Trondheim is founded by King Olav Tryggvason. This will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until Bergen is founded in 1070.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468397#Europe", "title": "997", "revid": 1364468397, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1070, "year_label": "1070 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Bergen is founded by King Olaf III of Norway; it will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until it is replaced by Oslo in 1314.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327891061#Events", "title": "1070", "revid": 1327891061, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1150, "year_label": "1150 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The 15-year-old King Inge I (\"the Hunchback\") of Norway calls for a meeting at Bergen of all religious leaders in anticipation that the English cardinal Nicholas Breakspear will find an archbishopric at Trondheim.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362164290#Religion", "title": "1150", "revid": 1362164290, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – At his royal palace in Bergen, King Haakon IV of Norway marries Margaret Skulesdatter, daughter of Haakon's rival for the throne, Skule Bårdsson.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#April_–_June", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1314, "year_label": "1314 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – King Haakon V of Norway moves his capital from Bergen to Oslo – where he builds Akershus Fortress, from which Norway is ruled for the next 500 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434387#July_–_September", "title": "1314", "revid": 1373434387, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – Over 90% of the city of Bergen, Norway, is destroyed and reduced to ashes in a Great Fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#April–June", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – WWII: First naval Battle of Narvik – The British Royal Navy attacks the German fleet in the Ofotfjord. At Bergen, German cruiser Königsberg is sunk by British Fleet Air Arm Blackburn Skua dive bombers, flying from RNAS Hatston in Orkney.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#April", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September", "text": "The Laksevåg floating dry dock at Bergen (Norway) is sunk by British X-class submarine X-24.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#September", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › September"}}]}