{"slug": "great-moravia", "label": "Great Moravia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moravia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193152", "qid": "Q193152", "description": "9th-century Slavic state", "entries": 16, "years": 14, "span": [833, 906], "span_label": ["833 CE", "906 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "slovakia", "label": "Slovakia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hungarians", "label": "Hungarians", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "arpad", "label": "Árpád", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "hungary", "label": "Hungary", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "slavs", "label": "Slavs", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "saints-cyril-and-methodius", "label": "Saints Cyril and Methodius", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pechenegs", "label": "Pechenegs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 833, "year_label": "833 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Mojmir I, Moravian duke, expels Prince Pribina from his homeland (western part of modern Slovakia). He unifies Great Moravia and becomes the first known ruler of the Moravian Slavs, who founds the House of Mojmir (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941699#Europe", "title": "833", "revid": 1340941699, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 846, "year_label": "846 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Frankish forces led by Louis the German invade Moravia. They encounter little resistance, and depose King Mojmir I from the throne. His relative, Rastislav, is set up as the new client ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308185700#Europe", "title": "846", "revid": 1308185700, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 846, "year_label": "846 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mojmir I, king of Moravia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308185700#Deaths", "title": "846", "revid": 1308185700, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius arrive with a few disciples in Moravia, by request of Prince Rastislav.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Religion", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Louis the German invades Moravia, crossing the Danube River to besiege the civitas Dowina (identified, although not unanimously, with Devín Castle in Slovakia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Europe", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rastislav, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia, dies in prison after he is condemned to death for treason, by Louis the German. He is succeeded by his nephew Svatopluk I, who becomes a vassal of the East Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Europe", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Svatopluk I, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia, concludes a peace treaty at Forchheim (Northern Bavaria). He is able to expand his territories outside the Frankish sphere, and subjugates the Vistulans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347164206#Europe", "title": "874", "revid": 1347164206, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 880, "year_label": "880 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope John VIII issues the bull Industriae Tuae, creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia, with archbishop Methodius as its head. Old Church Slavonic is recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebrew.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372561483#Religion", "title": "880", "revid": 1372561483, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 883, "year_label": "883 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Svatopluk I, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia, conquers Lower Pannonia (today's Southwestern Hungary and Northern Croatia), during the succession strife in the East Frankish Kingdom (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129939#Europe", "title": "883", "revid": 1341129939, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 889, "year_label": "889 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Magyars, an Ugric tribe from the steppe of Central Asia, move west under the leadership of Árpád. They are pushed by their rivals, the Pechenegs, into the Balkan Peninsula, and become entangled in a war between Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire. The Magyars head north and settle in Great Moravia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129924#Europe", "title": "889", "revid": 1341129924, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 890, "year_label": "890 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The sovereignty of Svatopluk I, ruler (knyaz) of Moravia, is confirmed in Bohemia. Lusatia becomes a part of his kingdom (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373061013#Europe", "title": "890", "revid": 1373061013, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnulf of Carinthia. East Frankish forces and their Magyar (Hungarian) allies invade Great Moravia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Europe", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Svatopluk I, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Deaths", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Svatopluk I, ruler (knyaz) of Great Moravia, dies after a 34-year reign, in which he has united the Slavic tribes in his kingdom. He is succeeded by his eldest son Mojmir II. The Principality of Nitra (modern-day Slovakia) is given as an appanage to his brother Svatopluk II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Europe", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spytihněv I, duke of Bohemia, together with the Slavník prince Witizla, breaks away from Great Moravia, and swears allegiance to Arnulf of Carinthia in Regensburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Europe", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 906, "year_label": "906 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Duke Mojmir II halts the advance of the plundering Hungarians under Grand Prince Árpád in Great Moravia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364979263#Europe", "title": "906", "revid": 1364979263, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}