{"slug": "curacao", "label": "Curaçao", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25279", "qid": "Q25279", "description": "island state in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1634, 2025], "span_label": ["1634 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-west-india-company", "label": "Dutch West India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "french-navy", "label": "French Navy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Curaçao is captured by the Dutch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353730997#July–September", "title": "1634", "revid": 1353730997, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – French admiral Jean d'Estrees runs his whole fleet aground in either the Las Aves Archipelago or Isla de Aves, intending to reach Curaçao.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368552109#April–June", "title": "1678", "revid": 1368552109, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1712, "year_label": "1712 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Early March – Start of the Cassard expedition, a sea voyage by French Navy captain Jacques Cassard during which he ransacks Santiago in the Cape Verde Islands and pillages Montserrat, Antigua, Surinam, Berbice, Essequibo, St. Eustatius and Curaçao, returning to France with loot worth over nine million francs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964331#January–March", "title": "1712", "revid": 1367964331, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1716, "year_label": "1716 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – \"Maria\", an African slave of the Dutch West India Company on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, murders the plantation overseer, Christiaan Muller, then leads a rebellion, killing Muller's family and much of the white staff on the company's plantation. The uprising is suppressed after 10 days, and Maria is executed by burning at the stake on November 9.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360559357#July–September", "title": "1716", "revid": 1360559357, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1795, "year_label": "1795 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – A large slave rebellion occurs in Curaçao, suppressed the following month.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352627752#July–December", "title": "1795", "revid": 1352627752, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Riots in Curaçao mark the start of an Afro-Caribbean civil rights movement on the island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#May", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – The Caribbean guilder is introduced, replacing the Netherlands Antillean guilder as the currency for Curaçao and Sint Maarten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#March", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › March"}}]}