{"slug": "falkland-islands", "label": "Falkland Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9648", "qid": "Q9648", "description": "archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, and a British Overseas Territory, disputed by Argentina", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [1592, 2020], "span_label": ["1592 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buenos-aires", "label": "Buenos Aires", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "president-of-argentina", "label": "President of Argentina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, probably discovers the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#July–September", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – England's Admiral Richard Hawkins and the crew of the ship HMS Dainty become the first Europeans to see the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#January–March", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Sebald de Weert makes the first recorded sighting of the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#January–March", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – The crew of the ship HMS Welfare, commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land at the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#January–March", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – The kingdom of France formally cedes its rights to the Malouines Islands to Spain. On March 24, Spain renames the islands the Malvinas, and in 1833, the United Kingdom re-colonises the recently abandoned territory and renames it the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#October–December", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Falklands Crisis (1770): Some 1,600 Spanish marines, sent by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires in five frigates, seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands. The small British force present promptly surrenders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – The United Kingdom reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#January–March", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Argentine scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the flag of Argentina on South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, two British overseas territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#March", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín terminates Argentine administration of the Falkland Islands but does not relinquish Argentina's claim to the islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#May", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#February", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – At the end of an 11-year demining process, the Falkland Islands are declared free of land mines, 38 years after the end of the 1982 war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#October", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › October"}}]}