{"slug": "easter-sunday", "label": "Easter Sunday", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Sunday", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1512337", "qid": "Q1512337", "description": "Christian holiday", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [217, 1818], "span_label": ["217 CE", "1818 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "protestantism", "label": "Protestantism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moravian-church", "label": "Moravian Church", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mamluk-sultanate", "label": "Mamluk Sultanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-india", "label": "Portuguese India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "afonso-de-albuquerque", "label": "Afonso de Albuquerque", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aden", "label": "Aden", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 217, "year_label": "217 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "According to a tradition noted by 19th-century historian Stephen Glover, the earliest recorded game of association football (soccer) took place in Derby, England as a celebration on Shrove Tuesday, the day before commencement of the Lent season on Ash Wednesday, and 47 days before Easter Sunday", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227173#Sports", "title": "217", "revid": 1371227173, "section": "Events › By topic › Sports"}}, {"year": 1467, "year_label": "1467 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – On Easter Sunday, in the Bohemian city of Kunvald (now part of the Czech Republic), the Unity of the Brethren (commonly called the Moravian Church) is formed as one of the first Protestant churches by four Hussite bishops. Despite persecution, it progresses to as many as 100,000 adherents within 100 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890331#January–March", "title": "1467", "revid": 1352890331, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – On Easter Sunday, Afonso de Albuquerque, Governor of Portuguese India, makes an unsuccessful attempt to capture the port city of Aden, on the Arabian Peninsula, from the Mamluk Sultanate, using 20 ships and 2,500 soldiers. The 1,700 Portuguese, along with 800 mercenaries from Malabar, lose at least 100 killed during the attack and retreat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#January–March", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1722, "year_label": "1722 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 (Easter Sunday) – Dutch admiral Jacob Roggeveen lands on what is now Easter Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365128046#April–June", "title": "1722", "revid": 1365128046, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 (Easter Sunday) – Mission San Buenaventura is founded in Las Californias, part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#January–March", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1818, "year_label": "1818 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – Easter Sunday in Western Christianity falls on its earliest possible date. In Western Christianity, it will not occur on this date again until 2285.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373165947#January–March", "title": "1818", "revid": 1373165947, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}