{"slug": "erfurt", "label": "Erfurt", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729", "qid": "Q1729", "description": "capital city of the German federal state of Thuringia", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1181, 2002], "span_label": ["1181 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "frederick-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "imperial-diet-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Imperial Diet (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-the-lion", "label": "Henry the Lion", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "martin-luther", "label": "Martin Luther", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-germany", "label": "West Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-germany", "label": "East Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "augustinians", "label": "Augustinians", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1181, "year_label": "1181 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony, submits to Emperor Frederick I (Barbarossa) at an Imperial Diet in Erfurt. He is banished to England and retains only Brunswick among his former lands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360570363#Europe", "title": "1181", "revid": 1360570363, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 1221, "year_label": "1221 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – The Jewish population of Erfurt (Duchy of Thuringia) is massacred after a ritual murder libel. A crowd storms the synagogue where the Jews have gathered with the threat of baptism or death. The Jewish quarter, including the synagogue, is razed: many Jews are tortured and killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363300593#Europe", "title": "1221", "revid": 1363300593, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1349, "year_label": "1349 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – Jewish persecutions during the Black Death: Erfurt massacre – The Jewish community of Erfurt (Germany) is murdered and expelled in a pogrom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373507442#January–December", "title": "1349", "revid": 1373507442, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Erfurt University is founded in Erfurt, central Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#Date_unknown", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1458, "year_label": "1458 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "The Jewish community is expelled from Erfurt (Germany); their houses are sold, and the synagogue turned into an arsenal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371245383#Date_unknown", "title": "1458", "revid": 1371245383, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1505, "year_label": "1505 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Luther enters the monastic life, at an Augustinian cloister in Erfurt called St. Augustine's Monastery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360582113#July–September", "title": "1505", "revid": 1360582113, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Martin Luther preaches an inflammatory sermon to students at Erfurt, while on his way to Worms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#April–June", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Ostpolitik: The leaders of West Germany and East Germany meet at a summit for the first time since Germany's division into two republics. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is greeted by cheering East German crowds as he arrives in Erfurt for a summit with his counterpart, East German Ministerpräsident Willi Stoph.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#March", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Erfurt school massacre: An expelled student kills 16 people and commits suicide at a school in Erfurt, Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#April", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › April"}}]}