{"slug": "gran-canaria", "label": "Gran Canaria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178925", "qid": "Q178925", "description": "One of the main islands of the Canary archipelago", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1478, 2019], "span_label": ["1478 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "canary-islands", "label": "Canary Islands", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-castile", "label": "Kingdom of Castile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tenerife", "label": "Tenerife", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1478, "year_label": "1478 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – After a rendezvous with other Castilian Navy ships, Captain Rejón and 1,300 men arrive at the Bay of Isletas on Gran Canaria island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855585#April–June", "title": "1478", "revid": 1359855585, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – Pedro de Vera is appointed as the colonial Governor of Gran Canaria by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, and directed to carry out the conquest of the Canary Islands and to end the fighting between the conquistadors who had taken the island in 1478.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#January–March", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1483, "year_label": "1483 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 29", "text": "April 29 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, a very important step in the expansion of Spain. Of 4,000 Castilian troops, 800 are killed and 1,600 others are taken as prisoners of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369188840#April–June", "title": "1483", "revid": 1369188840, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1484, "year_label": "1484 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "The first sugar mill becomes operational in the Gran Canaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346941150#Date_unknown", "title": "1484", "revid": 1346941150, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1730, "year_label": "1730 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – A volcano erupts on Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands and threatens the Spanish inhabitants. On Gran Canaria, the regent of the islands reports to Madrid that the flames are visible even from 130 mi away.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560881#July–September", "title": "1730", "revid": 1369560881, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 19", "text": "July 19 – John Fairfax lands in Hollywood Beach, Florida, United States and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board the 25' ocean rowboat Britannia (left Gran Canaria on January 20, 1969).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#July", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10–25 – 2019 Canary Islands wildfires: A number of forest fires break out in the Canary Islands of Gran Canaria, Tenerife and Lanzarote. The fires on the island of Gran Canaria were the most severe, resulting in the loss of large areas of the island's forests and leading to the evacuation of thousands of residents from a number of towns and villages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#August", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › August"}}]}