{"slug": "gniezno", "label": "Gniezno", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniezno", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51432", "qid": "Q51432", "description": "city in central-western Poland", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [940, 1386], "span_label": ["940 CE", "1386 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "greater-poland", "label": "Greater Poland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "poznan", "label": "Poznań", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bolesaw-i-the-brave", "label": "Bolesław I the Brave", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-poland-10251385", "label": "Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "krakow", "label": "Kraków", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "magdeburg", "label": "Magdeburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "regensburg", "label": "Regensburg", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "meissen", "label": "Meissen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-iii", "label": "Otto III", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 940, "year_label": "940 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The tribe of the Polans begins the construction of the following fortified settlements (Giecz, Bnin, Ląd, Gniezno, Poznań, Grzybowo and Ostrów Lednicki) in Greater Poland. The Piast Dynasty under Duke Siemomysł gains control over other groups of Polans along the Upper Vistula, and establishes their rule around Giecz (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512049#Europe", "title": "940", "revid": 1341512049, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In continental Europe, the Holy Roman Empire established itself as the most powerful state. The Holy Roman Emperor Otto III made a pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. The Congress of Gniezno (with Bolesław I the Brave) was part of his pilgrimage. In Rome, he built the basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, to host the relics of St. Bartholomew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1000, "year_label": "1000 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The archdiocese in Gniezno was founded; the first archbishop was Radim Gaudentius, from Slavník dynasty, and dioceses in Kołobrzeg, Kraków and Wrocław.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373370885#Christendom", "title": "AD 1000", "revid": 1373370885, "section": "Events › Christendom"}}, {"year": 1025, "year_label": "1025 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Bolesław I the Brave is crowned in Gniezno as the first King of Poland. He takes advantage of the interregnum in Germany (see 1024) and receives permission for his coronation from Pope John XIX; however, he dies 60 days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367042525#Events", "title": "1025", "revid": 1367042525, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Hippolytus, archbishop of Gniezno (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Deaths", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1038, "year_label": "1038 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Duke Bretislav I of Bohemia invades Poland. He captures and destroys the cities of Gniezno and Poznań.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129769#Europe", "title": "1038", "revid": 1350129769, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1295, "year_label": "1295 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Przemysł II is crowned king of Poland at Gniezno, the first coronation of a Polish ruler in 219 years. Przemysł travels to Pomerelia where he confirms the privileges of the monasteries in Oliwa and Żarnowiec. He also visits other major cities: Gdańsk, Tczew and Świecie. In August, Przemysł returns to Greater Poland but in October he travels again to Gdańsk.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368220335#Europe", "title": "1295", "revid": 1368220335, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1300, "year_label": "1300 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia, of the Czech Přemyslid dynasty, is crowned King of Poland in a ceremony at Gniezno, near Poznań, after his Bohemian forces have seized Pomerania and Greater Poland (Wielkopolska). The 28-year-old Wenceslaus has ruled Lesser Poland (Małopolska) since 1291, and forced a number of Silesian princes to swear allegiance to him. Crowned as king, he reunites the Polish territories and during his reign introduces a number of laws and reforms, the most important being the creation of a new type of official known as a starosta (or \"Elder\"), who rules a small territory as the king's direct representative.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363832742#July_–_September", "title": "1300", "revid": 1363832742, "section": "July – September"}}, {"year": 1386, "year_label": "1386 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania is baptized by the Roman Catholic Bishop Bodzanta of Gniezno at Wawel Cathedral, Kraków after converting to Christianity, and takes the name Wladyslaw II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359789728#January–March", "title": "1386", "revid": 1359789728, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}