{"slug": "kyrgyzstan", "label": "Kyrgyzstan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q813", "qid": "Q813", "description": "sovereign state in Central Asia", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [-103, 2021], "span_label": ["104 BCE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "emperor-wu-of-han", "label": "Emperor Wu of Han", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "korea", "label": "Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongolia", "label": "Mongolia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philippines", "label": "Philippines", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kazakhstan", "label": "Kazakhstan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "azerbaijan", "label": "Azerbaijan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-asia", "label": "Central Asia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -103, "year_label": "104 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "War of the Heavenly Horses: Emperor Wu of Han sends an army of 6000 cavalrymen and 10,000 convicts under Li Guangli to attack Dayuan in modern Kyrgyzstan after Wugua, the king of Dayuan, refuses to send the Han any of the prized horses of Dayuan and, following a contentious meeting with the Han diplomats, has a vassal king kill the diplomats and seize their goods. The Han expeditionary force proceeds with difficulty, marching through arid regions and facing hostile cities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305141071#Asia", "title": "104 BC", "revid": 1305141071, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": -86, "year_label": "87 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – Emperor Wu of Han dies after a 54-year reign in which he leads the Han dynasty (China) through its greatest expansion. The Empire's borders span from modern Kyrgyzstan in the west, to Mongolia in the north, to Korea in the east, and to northern Vietnam in the south.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324423424#China", "title": "87 BC", "revid": 1324423424, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 1338, "year_label": "1338 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "A Black Death plague strain originates near Lake Issyk-Kul in modern Kyrgyzstan, according to Syriac tombstone inscriptions and genetic material from exhumed bodies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360556849#Date_unknown", "title": "1338", "revid": 1360556849, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1704, "year_label": "1704 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Annular solar eclipse is visible through Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, eastern China, Myanmar and northern Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358992532#October–December", "title": "1704", "revid": 1358992532, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – A 7.7 earthquake shakes the border between China and Kyrgyzstan killing 10,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#August", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – The Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan is signed in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, effectively freezing the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#May", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev flees the country amid fierce anti-government riots in the capital, Bishkek.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#April", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10–14 – Ethnic riots in Kyrgyzstan between Kyrgyz and Uzbeks result in the deaths of hundreds.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#June", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – At least 55 people are killed and nearly 50,000 more are displaced in one of the most serious clashes in Central Asia following border disputes between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#April", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › April"}}]}