{"slug": "brest-france", "label": "Brest, France", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brest%2C_France", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12193", "qid": "Q12193", "description": "port city in the Finistère department, Brittany, France", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1373, 1989], "span_label": ["1373 CE", "1989 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brittany", "label": "Brittany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hundred-years-war", "label": "Hundred Years' War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-france", "label": "New France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gulf-of-mexico", "label": "Gulf of Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "elbe", "label": "Elbe", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1373, "year_label": "1373 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Hundred Years' War: The French re-capture most of Brittany from the English, but are unable to take Brest, and John IV, Duke of Brittany, is forced into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369605206#April–June", "title": "1373", "revid": 1369605206, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1387, "year_label": "1387 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1– With a larger squadron of almost 60 ships, Arundel departs from Orwell and sails to the British-controlled French port of Brest, at the time under siege by Jean de Montfort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347891884#April–June", "title": "1387", "revid": 1347891884, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, leads an English expedition into France and burns the port city of Brest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#April–June", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1692, "year_label": "1692 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – The French ship Soleil Royal, a three-decker First Rank ship with 104 guns, is launched at Brest Dockyard.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365636017#October–December", "title": "1692", "revid": 1365636017, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico, to defend the southern borders of New France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#October–December", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1806, "year_label": "1806 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – A British Order in Council of 16 May 1806 declares all ports from Brest (France) to the Elbe to be under a state of blockade by the British Royal Navy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368311144#April–June", "title": "1806", "revid": 1368311144, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11–13 – WWII: Operation Cerberus: A Kriegsmarine (German navy) squadron comprising the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escort, dash from Brest through the English Channel to German ports; the British fail to sink any of them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#February", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – The wreck of German battleship Bismarck, which was sunk in 1941, is located about 600 mi km west of Brest, France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#June", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › June"}}]}