{"slug": "le-havre", "label": "Le Havre", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Havre", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42810", "qid": "Q42810", "description": "commune in Seine-Maritime, France", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1562, 1938], "span_label": ["1562 CE", "1938 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "switzerland", "label": "Switzerland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belgium", "label": "Belgium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-york-city", "label": "New York City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southampton", "label": "Southampton", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "huguenot", "label": "Huguenot", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1562, "year_label": "1562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – English forces under Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, land at Le Havre to aid the Huguenots against the French Crown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000458#October–December", "title": "1562", "revid": 1362000458, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 28", "text": "July 28 – The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#July–September", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1563, "year_label": "1563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The Edict of Amboise is signed at the Château d'Amboise by Catherine de' Medici, acting as regent for her son Charles IX of France, having been negotiated between the Huguenot Louis I, Prince of Condé, and Anne, duc de Montmorency, Constable of France. It accords some toleration to the Huguenots, especially to aristocrats. It officially ends the first phase of the French Wars of Religion, and the combined Huguenot and royal armies then march north to besiege the English in Le Havre.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164885#January–March", "title": "1563", "revid": 1369164885, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – French explorer René Goulaine de Laudonnière and a group of 300 Huguenot Protestants depart from Le Havre on three ships (L'Élisabeth, Le Faucon and Le Breton) to colonize what is now the U.S. state of Florida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#April–June", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the United States: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette and a beloved hero of the American Revolution, departs from the port of Le Havre in France on the ship Cadmus for a triumphant return to the United States; he arrives in New York on August 15.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#July–September", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1872, "year_label": "1872 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Claude Monet begins painting Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant, the painting that will give a name to Impressionism) as viewed from his hotel room at Le Havre in France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371307490#November", "title": "1872", "revid": 1371307490, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 4", "text": "July 4 – En route from New York to Le Havre, the ocean liner collides with another ship and sinks with the loss of 549 lives. It is considered one of the worst maritime disasters in history", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#July", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – WWI: Australian hospital ship is torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on passage from Le Havre to Southampton by German submarine with the loss of 123 of the 801 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#August", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Compagnie Générale Transatlantique's liner makes her maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#June", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1935, "year_label": "1935 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – The French Compagnie Générale Transatlantique ocean liner sets out on her maiden voyage from Le Havre to New York, which she will reach in 4 days, 3 hours and 14 minutes, taking the Blue Riband; she gains the eastbound record on her return passage.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370722923#May", "title": "1935", "revid": 1370722923, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1938, "year_label": "1938 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 24", "text": "December 24 – Leading Korean dancer Choi Seung-hee arrives in Le Havre, France after her tour in the United States. This is to begin her European tour in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands. She is the first Korean Wave entertainer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818751#December", "title": "1938", "revid": 1368818751, "section": "Events › December"}}]}