{"slug": "gyeongju", "label": "Gyeongju", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongju", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42097", "qid": "Q42097", "description": "city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [24, 927], "span_label": ["24 CE", "927 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "south-korea", "label": "South Korea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "silla", "label": "Silla", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "korea", "label": "Korea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 24, "year_label": "24 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "In the Kingdom of Silla, which compromises most of the eastern Korean peninsula, Yuri of the House of Park becomes the new monarch (the chachaung). King Yuri takes the throne at the capital, Seorabeo (now Gyeongju in South Korea) upon the death of his father, King Namhae.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369984933#Korea", "title": "20s", "revid": 1369984933, "section": "Events › 24 AD › Korea"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Queen Seondeok of Silla (Korea) builds an astronomical observatory near Gyeongju (Cheomseongdae), one of the oldest in East Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Asia", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 647, "year_label": "647 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "A stone tower astronomical observatory (named Cheomseongdae) at Gyeongju is constructed in Silla (South Korea) around this time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804471#Astronomy_and_science", "title": "647", "revid": 1340804471, "section": "Events › By topic › Astronomy and science"}}, {"year": 751, "year_label": "751 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Kim Daeseong, chief minister of Silla, orders the construction of the Bulguksa and Seokguram temples at Gyeongju (South Korea).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809785#Religion", "title": "751", "revid": 1340809785, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August", "text": "August – In what is now South Korea, at Seorabeo (now Gyeongju in South Korea), Gyeongae becomes the new monarch of the Kingdom of Silla upon the death of his older brother, King Gyeongmyeong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#July—September", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › July—September"}}, {"year": 927, "year_label": "927 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Later Baekje, one of the Later Three Kingdoms of Korea, sacks the Silla capital at Gyeongju. King Gyeongae commits suicide and Gyeongsun is placed on the throne by the Later Baekje king Kyŏn Hwŏn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341517107#Asia", "title": "927", "revid": 1341517107, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}]}