{"slug": "council-of-ten", "label": "Council of Ten", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Ten", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547077", "qid": "Q547077", "description": "Venice", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1310, 1535], "span_label": ["1310 CE", "1535 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "venice", "label": "Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "doge-of-venice", "label": "Doge of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "suez-canal", "label": "Suez Canal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "istria", "label": "Istria", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1310, "year_label": "1310 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The Council of Ten (or simply \"the Ten\"), Il Consiglio dei Dieci is created to govern the Republic of Venice, by decree of Pietro Gradenigo, Doge of Venice. The council, the inner circle of oligarchical patricians, initially investigates the conspiracy of Bajamonte Tiepolo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018292#July_–_September", "title": "1310", "revid": 1332018292, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1310, "year_label": "1310 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Tiepolo conspiracy: Leading Venetian nobles led by Bajamonte Tiepolo organise a conspiracy against Doge Pietro Gradenigo. Their plot fails due to treachery and the rebels are defeated near Piazza San Marco by forces faithful to the doge. During their retreat to the San Polo sestiere, the Rialto Bridge is burnt down. Later, Tiepolo surrenders himself and is exiled to Istria. The suppression of the revolt will lead to the creation of the Council of Ten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018292#April_–_June", "title": "1310", "revid": 1332018292, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1355, "year_label": "1355 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – In Venice, the Council of Ten beheads Doge Marin Falier, for conspiring to kill them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357199170#Events", "title": "1355", "revid": 1357199170, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – After the Venetian Republic is victorious in the War of Padua against Francesco Novello da Carrara, the Venetian Consejo de i Diexe (Council of Ten) concludes that Novello and his sons are too dangerous to be left alive. Novello is taken from his cell at the Doge's Palace, where he has been held since November 23, and is strangled to death. His sons Francesco and Giacomo are executed the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#January–March", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1432, "year_label": "1432 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Venetian General Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola is arrested in Venice after reporting to a meeting with the Council of Ten and the Venetian Doge Tommaso Mocenigo. The Doge dies five days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998124#January–March", "title": "1432", "revid": 1361998124, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1457, "year_label": "1457 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – After serving as the Doge of the Republic of Venice for 34 years, Francesco Foscari is forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten. Foscari dies 10 days later on November 1 at the age of 84.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845780#October–December", "title": "1457", "revid": 1359845780, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1468, "year_label": "1468 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – The Great Council of the Republic of Venice curbs the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561306#July–September", "title": "1468", "revid": 1369561306, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1504, "year_label": "1504 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The Council of Ten discusses the advisability of proposing a scheme of a Suez Canal to the Sultan of Egypt, at the time Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghuri, but the discussion is eventually abandoned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365936803#Date_unknown", "title": "1504", "revid": 1365936803, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1535, "year_label": "1535 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – The Consejo de i Diexe, governing body for the Republic of Venice, votes to replace the republic's treasury, made of wood, with the Zecca a structure that has stone vaults, and invites architects to submit designs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561145#October–December", "title": "1535", "revid": 1369561145, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}