{"slug": "kingdom-of-georgia", "label": "Kingdom of Georgia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q154667", "qid": "Q154667", "description": "medieval state in Eastern Europe", "entries": 31, "years": 29, "span": [1002, 1412], "span_label": ["1002 CE", "1412 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 10}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 10}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "david-iv", "label": "David IV", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "tbilisi", "label": "Tbilisi", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bagrationi-dynasty", "label": "Bagrationi dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basil-ii", "label": "Basil II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "islam", "label": "Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuq-dynasty", "label": "Seljuq dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alp-arslan", "label": "Alp Arslan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seljuk-empire", "label": "Seljuk Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1002, "year_label": "1002 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "George I, king of Georgia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371270947#Births", "title": "1002", "revid": 1371270947, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Shirimni, the Byzantine Empire under Basil II defeats the Kingdom of Georgia under Giorgi I at Shirimni, at the Lake Palakazio, modern Lake Çıldır, Turkey", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Asia", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1054, "year_label": "1054 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "George II (Giorgi), king of Georgia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267065294#Births", "title": "1054", "revid": 1267065294, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1065, "year_label": "1065 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Alp Arslan, leader of the Seljuk Turks, campaigns against the Kipchaks and the Türkmen in Central Asia. He captures the city of Kars and plunders the western provinces of Georgia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271706#Seljuk_Empire", "title": "1065", "revid": 1365271706, "section": "Events › By place › Seljuk Empire"}}, {"year": 1072, "year_label": "1072 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Bagrat IV, king of Georgia (b. 1018)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332932811#Deaths", "title": "1072", "revid": 1332932811, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1073, "year_label": "1073 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "David IV (\"the Builder\"), king of Georgia (d. 1125)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270579#Births", "title": "1073", "revid": 1365270579, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1088, "year_label": "1088 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – The 6.5 Tmogvi earthquake affects the southern provinces of Georgia, which causes the destruction of the castle of Tmogvi and many deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365263990#Geology", "title": "1088", "revid": 1365263990, "section": "Events › By topic › Geology"}}, {"year": 1089, "year_label": "1089 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King George II abdicates the throne in favour of his 16-year-old son David IV (\"the Builder\") who becomes ruler of Georgia (until 1125).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270667#Europe", "title": "1089", "revid": 1365270667, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1093, "year_label": "1093 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Demetrius I, king of Georgia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1291997155#Births", "title": "1093", "revid": 1291997155, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1104, "year_label": "1104 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King David IV of Georgia defeats 100,000 Seljuk Turks with only 1,500 warriors (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365271015#Europe", "title": "1104", "revid": 1365271015, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1112, "year_label": "1112 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "George II (or Giorgi), king of Georgia (b. 1054)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268836#Deaths", "title": "1112", "revid": 1365268836, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The much larger Seljuk army is heavily defeated; Georgia is unified and independence is achieved from Muslim authority. King David IV lays siege and captures Tbilisi later in the year assigning it as his capital.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Eurasia", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Events › By place › Eurasia"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Sultan Mahmud II of the Seljuk Empire declares a Holy War on the Kingdom of Georgia. He sends an expedition under Ilghazi, the Artukid ruler of Mardin, to invade the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Eurasia", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Events › By place › Eurasia"}}, {"year": 1122, "year_label": "1122 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Tbilisi: The Georgians led by King David IV ('the Builder') re-conquer the city of Tbilisi from the Emirate of Tbilisi after a 1-year siege. David makes it his capital and unifies the Georgian State.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373038979#Eurasia", "title": "1122", "revid": 1373038979, "section": "Events › By place › Eurasia"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – David IV (the Builder), king of Georgia (b. 1073)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Deaths", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1178, "year_label": "1178 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King George III defeats a nobles' revolt and proclaims his 18-year-old daughter Tamar (the Great) as co-ruler of Georgia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170417#Europe", "title": "1178", "revid": 1362170417, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1184, "year_label": "1184 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – Tamar I becomes queen regnant of Georgia on the death of her father and coregent George III. She remains sole ruler of Georgia (the first woman to hold this office) until her death in 1213.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362173180#Europe", "title": "1184", "revid": 1362173180, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1184, "year_label": "1184 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – George III, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362173180#Deaths", "title": "1184", "revid": 1362173180, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "George IV (or Lasha Giorgi), king of Georgia (d. 1223)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#Births", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1194, "year_label": "1194 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Rusudan, queen of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1245)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292975381#Births", "title": "1194", "revid": 1292975381, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1195, "year_label": "1195 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – Battle of Shamkor: Georgians defeat the Ildenizids of Azerbaijan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1326044730#Events", "title": "1195", "revid": 1326044730, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1209, "year_label": "1209 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Tamar I, queen of Georgia, raids Eastern Anatolia and seizes Kars. She leads a liberational war in southern Armenia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362169644#Asia", "title": "1209", "revid": 1362169644, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1215, "year_label": "1215 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "David VII (or David Ulugh), king of Georgia (d. 1270)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359458031#Births", "title": "1215", "revid": 1359458031, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "David VI Narin (the Clever), king of Georgia (d. 1293)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#Births", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1226, "year_label": "1226 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 9", "text": "March 9 – Khwarazmian Empire forces commanded by the Muslim Sultan Jalal al-Din Mangburni capture Tbilisi, capital of the Kingdom of Georgia. After the capture, the massacre of thousands of its Christian inhabitants begins as residents are given the choice between converting to Islam or being put to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372695704#January_–_March", "title": "1226", "revid": 1372695704, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1273, "year_label": "1273 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "David VIII, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1311)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364847849#Births", "title": "1273", "revid": 1364847849, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1276, "year_label": "1276 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Vakhtang III, king of Georgia (House of Bagrationi) (d. 1308)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344445633#Births", "title": "1276", "revid": 1344445633, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1289, "year_label": "1289 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Demetrius II (the Devoted), king of Georgia (b. 1259)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332007955#Deaths", "title": "1289", "revid": 1332007955, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1314, "year_label": "1314 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Queen Oljath, who had been the Queen consort of the Kingdom of Georgia as wife of King Vakhtang II (d. 1292), and then his cousin, King David VIII (d. 1311), marries a third time, taking as her husband Qara Sonqur, Governor of Maragheh (in the modern-day East Azerbaijan province of Iran), in exchange for a dowry of 30,000 dinars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434387#January_–_March", "title": "1314", "revid": 1373434387, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1403, "year_label": "1403 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Georgia makes peace with Timur, but has to recognise him as a suzerain and pay him tribute.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593649#Date_unknown", "title": "1403", "revid": 1371593649, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1412, "year_label": "1412 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December", "text": "December – Battle of Chalagan: The Kara Koyunlu Turkomans defeat the Georgians under Constantine I of Georgia, and their ally Ibrahim I of Shirvan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357537157#October–December", "title": "1412", "revid": 1357537157, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}