{"slug": "faroe-islands", "label": "Faroe Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4628", "qid": "Q4628", "description": "North Atlantic archipelago organized as an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [815, 1940], "span_label": ["815 CE", "1940 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "greenland", "label": "Greenland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "margaret-i-of-denmark", "label": "Margaret I of Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shetland", "label": "Shetland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "erik-of-pomerania", "label": "Erik of Pomerania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kalmar-union", "label": "Kalmar Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viking-age", "label": "Viking Age", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson sets out from the Faroe Islands and discovers Iceland (documented later in the Landnámabók) (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Europe", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Grímur Kamban becomes the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands, and settles down in Funningur, on the northwest coast of Eysturoy (beginning the Norwegian Viking era on the islands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Europe", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sigmundur Brestisson, a Viking chieftain, introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Religion", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Diocese of Faroe is founded (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Religion", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1380, "year_label": "1380 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – At the age of 10, King Olaf II of Denmark is proclaimed as King Olaf IV of Norway, with his mother Margete) as regent. Iceland and the Faroe Islands, as parts of Norway, pass under the Danish crown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360515041#July–September", "title": "1380", "revid": 1360515041, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1391, "year_label": "1391 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, takes control of the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430899#Date_unknown", "title": "1391", "revid": 1365430899, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden publishes the Treaty of Kalmar, proposing the personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#April–June", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1397, "year_label": "1397 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Erik of Pomerania is crowned in Kalmar (Sweden) as ruler of the Kalmar Union, a personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland) engineered by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains de facto power in the realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363907908#April–June", "title": "1397", "revid": 1363907908, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Frederick III of Denmark-Norway gives control of the Faroe Islands to Christoffer Gabel and his son, which will last until 1709.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#Date_unknown", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Ornithologist Carl Julian (von) Graba lands in the little-studied Faroe Islands for a three-month visit to research the bird life.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#April–June", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – The Faroe Islands are occupied by British troops, following the German invasion of Denmark. This action is taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands, with serious consequences for the course of the Battle of the Atlantic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#April", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › April"}}]}