{"slug": "french-livre", "label": "French livre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_livre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607248", "qid": "Q607248", "description": "currency of Kingdom of France and its predecessor state of West Francia from 781 to 1794", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [781, 1733], "span_label": ["781 CE", "1733 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burgundy", "label": "Burgundy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seine", "label": "Seine", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "danegeld", "label": "Danegeld", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-fat", "label": "Charles the Fat", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "odo-of-france", "label": "Odo of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-brittany", "label": "Duchy of Brittany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xi", "label": "Louis XI", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-ii-of-england", "label": "Charles II of England", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 781, "year_label": "781 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The Frankish currency called the livre carolingienne is minted for the first time (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848254#Europe", "title": "781", "revid": 1340848254, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 886, "year_label": "886 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Siege of Paris: Count Odo slips through Viking-controlled territory, to ask the king of West Francia Charles the Fat for support. He returns with a relief force, and reaches safety within the walls. Charles arrives later with a large army, and establishes a camp at Montmartre. After negotiations he promises the Vikings tribute (Danegeld) worth 700 Livres (equivalent to 257kg of silver), and allows them to sail up the River Seine, to over-winter in Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367666946#Europe", "title": "886", "revid": 1367666946, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1269, "year_label": "1269 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – King Louis IX of France (\"the Saint\") orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. He also confiscates goods from the Jewish population to fund the Eighth Crusade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343645386#Europe", "title": "1269", "revid": 1343645386, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – King Louis XI buys the succession rights to the Duchy of Brittany from the Countess Nicole de Châtillon for 50,000 livres", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#January–March", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1653, "year_label": "1653 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Jacques Dyel du Parquet completes his installment payments, totaling 41,500 French livres, to become the exclusive owner of the Caribbean islands of Martinique, Grenada, Saint Lucia and the Grenadines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981775#October–December", "title": "1653", "revid": 1365981775, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 27", "text": "October 27 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France, for £400,000 (2.5 million French livres).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988036#October–December", "title": "1662", "revid": 1365988036, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1733, "year_label": "1733 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – The Danish West India Company buys the island of Saint Croix from France for 750,000 livres.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358761924#April–June", "title": "1733", "revid": 1358761924, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}