{"slug": "coimbra", "label": "Coimbra", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45412", "qid": "Q45412", "description": "municipality in Portugal", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [878, 1385], "span_label": ["878 CE", "1385 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "almanzor", "label": "Almanzor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alfonso-iii-of-asturias", "label": "Alfonso III of Asturias", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ferdinand-i-of-leon", "label": "Ferdinand I of León", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "berbers", "label": "Berbers", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Reconquista: King Alfonso III of Asturias conquers the city of Coimbra (modern Portugal), which is under the Umayyad Caliphate.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Arabian_Empire", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 889, "year_label": "889 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "In Portugal, the count of Coimbra, Hermenegildo Gutiérrez, reconquers Coimbra, which was temporarily lost after the first conquest of 878.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129924#Europe", "title": "889", "revid": 1341129924, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In Portugal, for the third time in less than 30 years, the Christians take control of Coimbra, this time for almost a century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#Europe", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 986, "year_label": "986 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer: Al-Mansur, the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus, continues his effort in the north of the Iberian Peninsula and plunders the city of Coimbra (modern Portugal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365272436#Europe", "title": "986", "revid": 1365272436, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 987, "year_label": "987 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Al-Mansur, the de facto ruler of Al-Andalus, occupies the city of Coimbra (modern Portugal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468366#Europe", "title": "987", "revid": 1364468366, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1064, "year_label": "1064 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Ferdinand I (the Great) conquers more territory in modern-day Portugal and captures Coimbra. He appoints Sisnando Davides to reorganise the economy and administer the lands encircling the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558075#Europe", "title": "1064", "revid": 1369558075, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1111, "year_label": "1111 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Almoravid forces under Syr ibn Abi Bakr capture Santarém and Sintra in Portugal. The efforts of the Berbers to reconquer lost ground also lead to the sack of Coimbra. The same year the city revolts against their lord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268639#Europe", "title": "1111", "revid": 1365268639, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1117, "year_label": "1117 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Almoravids briefly reconquer Coimbra (modern Portugal).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694426#Europe", "title": "1117", "revid": 1361694426, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1–October 25 – Siege of Lisbon: King Afonso I of Portugal conquers Lisbon from the Taifa of Badajoz after a four-month siege, with support of English, Flemish and German Crusaders. The garrison surrenders on the guarantee that their lives will be spared. The Crusaders break the terms and take part in a bloody massacre. Afonso rules from his capital at Coimbra, takes Sintra and Santarém, and sacks Palmela.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Second_Crusade", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By place › Second Crusade"}}, {"year": 1211, "year_label": "1211 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – King Sancho I of Portugal (\"the Populator\") dies after a 25-year reign at Coimbra. He is succeeded by his son Afonso II (\"the Fat\") as ruler of Portugal. During his reign, he designs the first set of Portuguese written laws.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360876354#Europe", "title": "1211", "revid": 1360876354, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1255, "year_label": "1255 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Afonso III of Portugal (\"the Boulonnais\") moves his residence and royal court from Lisbon to Coimbra, which becomes the capital of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315790496#Europe", "title": "1255", "revid": 1315790496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1385, "year_label": "1385 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – At Coimbra, João, Master of Aviz, son of the late King Pedro I of Portugal, is declared by the Cortes of Coimbra to be the new King of Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362439687#April–June", "title": "1385", "revid": 1362439687, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}