{"slug": "ghent", "label": "Ghent", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghent", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1296", "qid": "Q1296", "description": "city in the province of East Flanders, Belgium", "entries": 17, "years": 16, "span": [639, 1803], "span_label": ["639 CE", "1803 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "county-of-flanders", "label": "County of Flanders", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "flanders", "label": "Flanders", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bruges", "label": "Bruges", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duke-of-burgundy", "label": "Duke of Burgundy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maximilian-i-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "europe", "label": "Europe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "low-countries", "label": "Low Countries", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dunstan", "label": "Dunstan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "robert-curthose", "label": "Robert Curthose", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 639, "year_label": "639 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eligius succeeds Acarius as bishop of Doornik and Noyon. He becomes constituted guardian of the towns of Vermandois, which also include Ghent and Kortrijk (Flanders).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754023#Religion", "title": "639", "revid": 1364754023, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 956, "year_label": "956 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dunstan, an abbot of Glastonbury Abbey, is sent into exile by King Eadwig. He takes refuge in Flanders (modern Belgium), where Count Arnulf I gives him shelter in the Abbey of Mont Blandin, near Ghent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917782#Religion", "title": "956", "revid": 1364917782, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1127, "year_label": "1127 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – Charles the Good, count of Flanders, is murdered by a band of knights while praying in church; he leaves no children. King Louis VI of France appoints William Clito (son of Robert Curthose) as new ruler. But the Flemish towns of Bruges, Ghent, Saint-Omer and Ypres recognize (with English financial support) Thierry of Alsace as rival count.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348045996#Europe", "title": "1127", "revid": 1348045996, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1128, "year_label": "1128 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February", "text": "February – Saint-Omer and Ghent declare for Thierry (Theoderic) in his challenge to his cousin William Clito for the County of Flanders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348046025#Europe", "title": "1128", "revid": 1348046025, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1275, "year_label": "1275 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "In Ghent, the first instance is recorded of emission of life annuities by a town in the Low Countries; this event confirms a trend of consolidation of local public debt in northwestern Europe, initiated in 1218 by Reims.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270169#Markets", "title": "1275", "revid": 1365270169, "section": "Events › By topic › Markets"}}, {"year": 1288, "year_label": "1288 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The Flemish city of Ghent seeks rights to start redeeming its already issued annuities. It is a clear indication of financial difficulty, and maybe an early sign of the crisis of the 13th Century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367964096#Markets", "title": "1288", "revid": 1367964096, "section": "Events › By topic › Markets"}}, {"year": 1297, "year_label": "1297 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – Edward I of England leads an expedition to Flanders. He moves with an army (some 8,000 men) supported by 800 knights to Ghent and makes the city his base of operations in Flanders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359692211#British_Isles", "title": "1297", "revid": 1359692211, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1346, "year_label": "1346 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – The leaders of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres agree to support Edward III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350441074#Events", "title": "1346", "revid": 1350441074, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – At Ghent, Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy and ruler of a realm that includes much of present-day Netherlands and Belgium, marries Margaret, daughter of Louis II of Flanders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#April–June", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1451, "year_label": "1451 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Revolt of Ghent: Ghent takes up arms against Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358547324#October–December", "title": "1451", "revid": 1358547324, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1477, "year_label": "1477 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – William Hugonet, formerly the Chancellor of the Duchy of Burgundy during the reign of Charles the Bold, is beheaded in Ghent by citizens who had blamed him for having reduced their independence. Hugonet is executed along with the Marshal of Brabant, Guy of Brimeu (Lord Humbercourt) and the Burgundian treasurer Jan van Melle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330635656#April–June", "title": "1477", "revid": 1330635656, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1477, "year_label": "1477 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, marries Prince Maximilian, son of the Holy Roman Emperor, in Ghent, bringing her Flemish and Burgundian lands into the Holy Roman Empire, and detaching them from France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330635656#July–September", "title": "1477", "revid": 1330635656, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1540, "year_label": "1540 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, enters Ghent without resistance, and executes rebels, ending the Revolt of Ghent (1539–1540).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494590#January–March", "title": "1540", "revid": 1366494590, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – The States of Flanders convene a meeting near Ghent, where the Roman Catholic clergy, led by Martinus Rythovius, insist on measures to protect the practice of the Catholic faith in the predominantly Protestant Low Countries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#July–September", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – In Flanders (now part of Belgium), two Protestant members of the city council of Ghent, Jan van Hembyze and François van Ryhove, proclaim the Calvinist Republic of Ghent. The stadtholder of Flanders, Philippe III de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot is arrested, along with the Roman Catholic bishops Martin Rythovius of Ypres and Remi Drieux of Bruges. The Calvinist Republic will exist for seven years until the Spanish conquest of Ghent in 1584.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323001#October–December", "title": "1577", "revid": 1361323001, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1584, "year_label": "1584 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – In what is now Belgium, the Calvinist Republic of Ghent comes to an end after seven years when its capital, Ghent, falls following a siege of 13 months. Jan van Hembyze, leader of the republic since October 1583, surrenders the city to Alexander Farnese, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561067#July–September", "title": "1584", "revid": 1369561067, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Napoleon Bonaparte orders the establishment of five military camps to defend the coast of France, located at Bayonne, Ghent, Saint-Omer, Compiègne, Saint-Malo, and one in the occupied Netherlands, at Utrecht. Each one has 20,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry to defend it.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373209562#April–June", "title": "1803", "revid": 1373209562, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}