{"slug": "lhasa-prefecture-level-city", "label": "Lhasa (prefecture-level city)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa_%28prefecture-level_city%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5869", "qid": "Q5869", "description": "prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [618, 1959], "span_label": ["618 CE", "1959 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tibet", "label": "Tibet", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "tibetan-empire", "label": "Tibetan Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-empire", "label": "British Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tibetan-buddhism", "label": "Tibetan Buddhism", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 618, "year_label": "618 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Songtsän Gampo becomes the first emperor of the Tibetan Empire, after his father Namri Songtsen is poisoned. During his reign he expands Tibet's power beyond Lhasa (Tibetan Plateau) and the Yarlung Valley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Asia", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 637, "year_label": "637 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "King Songtsän Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace in Lhasa (Tibet).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315736944#Asia", "title": "637", "revid": 1315736944, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1056, "year_label": "1056 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Dromtön, an Atiśa chief disciple, founds Reting Monastery in the Reting Tsangpo Valley (north of Lhasa) as the seat of Kadam lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365382431#Religion", "title": "1056", "revid": 1365382431, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "After many years of construction, the Potala Palace in Lhasa is completed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#Date_unknown", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – A riot breaks out in Lhasa after the murder of the regent of Tibet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#October–December", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1904, "year_label": "1904 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 3", "text": "August 3 – British expedition to Tibet: The British expedition under Colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa, Tibet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373337754#August", "title": "1904", "revid": 1373337754, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1924, "year_label": "1924 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Francophone explorer, spiritualist and former operatic soprano Alexandra David-Néel, disguised as a male pilgrim, makes a 2-month stay in the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372136634#Date_unknown", "title": "1924", "revid": 1372136634, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1959, "year_label": "1959 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Tibetan uprising erupts in Lhasa when Chinese officials attempt to arrest the Dalai Lama.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370221732#March", "title": "1959", "revid": 1370221732, "section": "Events › March"}}]}