{"slug": "john-viii-palaiologos", "label": "John VIII Palaiologos", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_VIII_Palaiologos", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37062", "qid": "Q37062", "description": "Byzantine emperor", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1392, 1440], "span_label": ["1392 CE", "1440 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantium", "label": "Byzantium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christianity", "label": "Christianity", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-eugene-iv", "label": "Pope Eugene IV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thessaloniki", "label": "Thessaloniki", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-emperor", "label": "Byzantine emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manuel-ii-palaiologos", "label": "Manuel II Palaiologos", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – John VIII Palaiologos, penultimate Byzantine emperor (d. 1448)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#Births", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1408, "year_label": "1408 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Andronikos Palaiologos becomes the new Byzantine Emperor of Thessalonica after the death of his brother, John VIII Palaiologos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360565942#July–December", "title": "1408", "revid": 1360565942, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – The coronation of John VIII Palaiologos as the Emperor of Byzantium, the \"Eastern Roman Empire\", takes place in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#January–March", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – John VIII Palaiologos becomes the Emperor of Byzantium upon the death of the Emperor Manuel II Palaiologos.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#July_–September", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › July –September"}}, {"year": 1439, "year_label": "1439 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 6", "text": "July 6 – Pope Eugene IV issues the Bull of Union with the Greeks (Laetentur Caeli), signed by the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos, proclaiming the end of the East–West Schism between Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy and the union of the two divisions of the Christian faith. The bull is repudiated by most Eastern bishops shortly thereafter.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373513363#July–September", "title": "1439", "revid": 1373513363, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1440, "year_label": "1440 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – Metrophanes II, Bishop of Cyzicus, is appointed by the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaiologos as the new Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church, to succeed Joseph II, who had died in 1439.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343605568#April–June", "title": "1440", "revid": 1343605568, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}