{"slug": "galicia-spain", "label": "Galicia (Spain)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia_%28Spain%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908", "qid": "Q3908", "description": "autonomous community of Spain", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [448, 2002], "span_label": ["448 CE", "2002 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "catholicism", "label": "Catholicism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theodoric-i", "label": "Theodoric I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "berber-people", "label": "Berber people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "septimania", "label": "Septimania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "toulouse", "label": "Toulouse", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scandinavia", "label": "Scandinavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viking", "label": "Viking", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 448, "year_label": "448 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Rechiar succeeds his father Rechila as king of the Suebi in Galicia (Northern Spain). He marries a daughter of the Visigoth king Theodoric I and converts to Catholicism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330678266#Europe", "title": "448", "revid": 1330678266, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Berber tribes in the recently conquered region of Galicia (northwest Spain) rebel. This facilitates the establishment of an independent kingdom in the Cantabrian Mountains under King Alfonso I of Asturias.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Europe", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 844, "year_label": "844 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Viking raiders ascend the River Garonne as far as the city of Toulouse, and pillage the lands of Septimania. Part of the marauding Vikings invades Galicia (Northern Spain), where some perish in a storm at sea. After being defeated in Corunna, the Scandinavian raiders sack the Umayyad cities of Seville (see below), Niebla, Beja, and Lisbon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342120631#Europe", "title": "844", "revid": 1342120631, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1034, "year_label": "1034 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Sancho III (the Great) of Pamplona captures León, after defeating a string of rivals. His rule now extends from the borders of Galicia in the west to the County of Barcelona in the east.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215274#Europe", "title": "1034", "revid": 1342215274, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1078, "year_label": "1078 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – The Romanesque tympanum of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral in Galicia (Spain) is constructed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329585949#Religion", "title": "1078", "revid": 1329585949, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1116, "year_label": "1116 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Portuguese forces under Countess Theresa take two Galician cities, Tui and Ourense. In reply, the sister of Theresa, Queen Urraca (\"the Reckless\"), attacks Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362168627#Europe", "title": "1116", "revid": 1362168627, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – The first large naval battle in the Atlantic Ocean, the Battle of Muros Bay, takes place off of the coast of Galicia in Spain between the French fleet and the Spanish fleet. Although France has the larger force, the Spanish Admiral Álvaro de Bazán identifies the flagship of French Admiral Jean de Clamorgan and sinks the vessel. Spain then captures the remaining 23 other ships and takes 3,000 prisoners, while France loses 3,000 dead and injured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#July–September", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1809, "year_label": "1809 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Peninsular War – Battle of Corunna in Galicia (Spain): The British (under General Sir John Moore, who is killed) resist an attempt by the French (under Marshal Soult) to prevent them from embarking.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349276571#January–March", "title": "1809", "revid": 1349276571, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Prestige oil spill: Greek oil tanker begins spilling oil off the coast of Galicia. It will continue until November 19, spilling 60,000 tonnes of oil in the worst environmental disaster in the history of the Iberian Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#November", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › November"}}]}