{"slug": "boulogne-sur-mer", "label": "Boulogne-sur-Mer", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81997", "qid": "Q81997", "description": "French commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [285, 1833], "span_label": ["285 CE", "1833 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-britain", "label": "Roman Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "york", "label": "York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "george-iv", "label": "George IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-i-of-russia", "label": "Alexander I of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dover", "label": "Dover", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iii-of-england", "label": "Henry III of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-ix-of-france", "label": "Louis IX of France", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 285, "year_label": "285 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Carausius, naval commander at Bononia (modern-day Boulogne), is given the task of clearing the English Channel of Frankish and Saxon pirates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367051271#Roman_Empire", "title": "285", "revid": 1367051271, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 293, "year_label": "293 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Constantius retakes some of the Gallic territories from the usurper Carausius. He conquers the crucial port of Bononia (modern Boulogne).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367495846#Roman_Empire", "title": "293", "revid": 1367495846, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 305, "year_label": "305 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Constantine joins his father at Bononia (Boulogne) in Gaul; they cross the Channel to Britain and make their way to Eboracum (York), capital of Britannia Secunda and home to a large military base. They campaign with success against the Picts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330171757#Roman_Empire", "title": "305", "revid": 1330171757, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 1263, "year_label": "1263 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – King Henry III of England travels to Boulogne for an attempt to broker peace with his barons by King Louis IX of France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1296179530#England", "title": "1263", "revid": 1296179530, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – \"Rough Wooing\": England and France sign the Treaty of Boulogne, by which England withdraws from Boulogne in France and returns territorial gains in Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#January–March", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1785, "year_label": "1785 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – After several attempts, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and his companion, Pierre Romain, set off in a balloon from Boulogne-sur-Mer, but the balloon suddenly deflates (without the envelope catching fire) and crashes near Wimereux in the Pas-de-Calais, killing both men, making it the first fatal aviation disaster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370566385#April–June", "title": "1785", "revid": 1370566385, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Beginning of the Allied sovereigns' visit to England: Tsar Alexander I of Russia and King Frederick William III of Prussia sail from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover on board the Royal Navy ship HMS Impregnable as guests of George, Prince of Wales, the regent during the incapacity of King George III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#April–June", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – The chartered ship Amphitrite sinks off Boulogne-sur-Mer while transporting 108 British female convicts and 12 children from Woolwich in England to New South Wales in what is now Australia. All of the passengers die, along with 13 of the 16 crew, leaving 3 survivors.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#July–September", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}