{"slug": "french-guiana", "label": "French Guiana", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3769", "qid": "Q3769", "description": "French overseas department and region in South America", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1604, 2008], "span_label": ["1604 CE", "2008 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "european-space-agency", "label": "European Space Agency", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "international-space-station", "label": "International Space Station", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1604, "year_label": "1604 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22 – English entrepreneur Charles Leigh and a crew of 46 arrive in South America at what is now the Oyapock River in French Guiana after traveling on the ship Olive Plant. The 35 men and boys who stay create a colonial settlement which they call Oliveleigh, and make a claim to all of the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348862771#April–June", "title": "1604", "revid": 1348862771, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Guerin Spranger, commander of the Dutch fortress at Cayenne in South America, surrenders without a fight to French commander Alexandre de Prouville de Tracy and 1,200 employees of the Compagnie de la France équinoxiale, giving France control of the territory that becomes the colony of French Guiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#April–June", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Devil's Island penal colony opens in the colony of French Guiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#Date_unknown", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – The space rocket Ariane 5 explodes forty seconds in its maiden flight, after takeoff in French Guiana. The project costs European governments $7,500,000,000 over eleven years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#June", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – SMART-1, an ESA spaceprobe and ESA's first mission to the moon, is launched from Kourou, French Guiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#September", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – The first European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station, launches from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#March", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › March"}}]}