{"slug": "douro", "label": "Douro", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douro", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14299", "qid": "Q14299", "description": "river in Spain and Portugal", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [-153, 1375], "span_label": ["154 BCE", "1375 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "emirate-of-cordoba", "label": "Emirate of Córdoba", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "porto", "label": "Porto", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-scotland", "label": "Kingdom of Scotland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-of-flanders", "label": "County of Flanders", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frisia", "label": "Frisia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "carthage", "label": "Carthage", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "numidia", "label": "Numidia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jugurtha", "label": "Jugurtha", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -153, "year_label": "154 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Lusitanians harry the inhabitants of the Roman provinces in Hispania. At the same time, the Celtiberians of Numantia on the Douro revolt against their Roman occupation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344836272#Hispania", "title": "154 BC", "revid": 1344836272, "section": "Events › By place › Hispania"}}, {"year": -133, "year_label": "134 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Scipio Aemilianus, victor of Carthage, takes command in Spain against the Numantians. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including Numidian cavalry under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius (Douro), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1175484109#Roman_Republic", "title": "134 BC", "revid": 1175484109, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 411, "year_label": "411 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Alans establish their rule in the Roman province of Lusitania (Portugal south of the Duero River and Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367645014#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 411", "revid": 1367645014, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Alfonso III conquers Porto from the Emirate of Cordoba. This is the end of the direct Muslim domination of the Douro region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Europe", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The County of Portugal is established around the town of Portus Cale (present-day Porto) by Vímara Peres, an Asturian nobleman, after the reconquest from the Moors of the region north of the Douro River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Europe", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 920, "year_label": "920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 — At the Battle of Valdejunquera, the Muslim forces of the Emir Abd-ar-Rahman III of Córdoba, defeat the Christian armies of King Ordoño II of León and King Sancho I of Pamplona. The decisive battle at the Val de Junquera takes place following the Emir's pre-emptive strike and his invasion of the upper Douro valley and the capture of Osma. The Arab army proceeds on to the upper Ebro, restoring and replenishing Umayyad garrisons in the region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349205100#Iberian_Peninsula", "title": "920", "revid": 1349205100, "section": "Events › By place › Iberian Peninsula"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Late spring – An expedition of Crusaders and Englishmen, together with forces from Flanders, Frisia, Scotland and some German polities, leaves from Dartmouth in England for the Holy Land. Leadership is provided by Hervey de Glanvill, a Norman nobleman and constable of Suffolk, who leads a fleet of some 200 ships. Bad weather forces them to take refuge at the mouth of the Douro River, on the Portuguese coast, on June 16.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Second_Crusade", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By place › Second Crusade"}}, {"year": 1375, "year_label": "1375 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – In Spain, the eldest son of Henry II of Castile, Prince Juan of Trastámara marries the daughter of King Pedro of Aragon, Princess Leonor of Aragon as part of a peace agreement between the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon. The marriage takes place at Soria, a town on the Douro river, the border between the two kingdoms. Juan will become King of Aragon in 1379 and Leonor the Queen consort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370334386#April–June", "title": "1375", "revid": 1370334386, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}