{"slug": "john-vi-kantakouzenos", "label": "John VI Kantakouzenos", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_VI_Kantakouzenos", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37084", "qid": "Q37084", "description": "Byzantine emperor from 1347 to 1354 (1292–1383)", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1292, 1383], "span_label": ["1292 CE", "1383 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "john-v-palaiologos", "label": "John V Palaiologos", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "byzantine-emperor", "label": "Byzantine emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bosporus", "label": "Bosporus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gallipoli", "label": "Gallipoli", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1292, "year_label": "1292 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1383)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358845029#Births", "title": "1292", "revid": 1358845029, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1341, "year_label": "1341 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September", "text": "September–October – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 (between John VI Kantakouzenos and the regency for the infant John V Palaiologos) breaks out.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561422#Events", "title": "1341", "revid": 1369561422, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1345, "year_label": "1345 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – Battle of Peritheorion: the forces of Momchil, autonomous ruler of the Rhodope, are defeated by the Turkish allies of John VI Kantakouzenos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366119534#Events", "title": "1345", "revid": 1366119534, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1347, "year_label": "1347 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 between John VI Kantakouzenos and the regency for John V Palaiologos ends with Kantakouzenos entering Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1289406739#January–December", "title": "1347", "revid": 1289406739, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan) is probably granted control of Çimpe Castle on the Gallipoli peninsula by Emperor John VI Kantakouzenos, the first territory west of the Bosporus held by the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#Date_unknown", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1352, "year_label": "1352 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357 – Battle of Demotika: Fighting as allies of John VI Kantakouzenos, the Ottoman beylik scores its first victory on European soil, against the Serbs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629592#January–December", "title": "1352", "revid": 1294629592, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1354, "year_label": "1354 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – The reign of John VI Kantakouzenos as Byzantine Emperor is ended, after John V Palaiologos retakes Constantinople and is restored as sole emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325866553#January–December", "title": "1354", "revid": 1325866553, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1383, "year_label": "1383 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1292)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360411139#Deaths", "title": "1383", "revid": 1360411139, "section": "Deaths"}}]}