{"slug": "brandenburgprussia", "label": "Brandenburg–Prussia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg%E2%80%93Prussia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q157367", "qid": "Q157367", "description": "former country (1618–1701)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1618, 1713], "span_label": ["1618 CE", "1713 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Brandenburg-Prussia"], "related": [{"slug": "brandenburg", "label": "Brandenburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "prince-elector", "label": "Prince-elector", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "polishlithuanian-commonwealth", "label": "Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ghana", "label": "Ghana", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-prussia", "label": "Kingdom of Prussia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pomerania", "label": "Pomerania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-william-the-great-elector", "label": "Frederick William, the Great Elector", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "poland", "label": "Poland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "house-of-habsburg", "label": "House of Habsburg", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1618, "year_label": "1618 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The margraves of Brandenburg are granted Polish approval to inherit the Duchy of Prussia, creating the state of Brandenburg-Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365216026#Date_unknown", "title": "1618", "revid": 1365216026, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1657, "year_label": "1657 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Wehlau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656979#July–September", "title": "1657", "revid": 1366656979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1660, "year_label": "1660 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – In the Treaty of Oliva, peace is made between the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Habsburgs and Brandenburg-Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986539#April–June", "title": "1660", "revid": 1365986539, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – A treaty is signed between European German colonists in Brandenburg-Prussia, and the African chiefs in what is now Ghana to permit the German colonists to build a second fort on the Brandenburger Gold Coast, and the fortress of Dorotheenschanze is built. The area is now the Ghanaian city of Akwida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366005630#January–March", "title": "1684", "revid": 1366005630, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – A treaty is signed between Brandenburg-Prussia and the indigenous chiefs at Takoradi in what is now Ghana to permit the German colonists to build a third fort on the Brandenburger Gold Coast.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369485499#January–March", "title": "1685", "revid": 1369485499, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1688, "year_label": "1688 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 (April 29 OS) – Friedrich Wilhelm, the Great Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia, dies. Friedrich III becomes Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia until 1701, when he becomes the first King of Prussia, as Friedrich I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373154069#April–June", "title": "1688", "revid": 1373154069, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1701, "year_label": "1701 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The electorate of Brandenburg–Prussia becomes the Kingdom of Prussia, as Elector Frederick III is proclaimed King Frederick I. Prussia remains part of the Holy Roman Empire. It consists of Brandenburg, Pomerania and East Prussia. Berlin is the capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366683505#January–June", "title": "1701", "revid": 1366683505, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – The Treaty of Schwedt is signed between Russia and Brandenburg-Prussia, with the latter accepting the annexation of Baltic territories and paying Russia expenses in return for the southern part of Pomerania, recently taken from Sweden in the Great Northern War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#October–December", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}