{"slug": "mantua", "label": "Mantua", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantua", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6247", "qid": "Q6247", "description": "Italian comune and city", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [590, 1797], "span_label": ["590 CE", "1797 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 8}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lombards", "label": "Lombards", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "brescia", "label": "Brescia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "savoy", "label": "Savoy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-saxony", "label": "Duchy of Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "po-valley", "label": "Po Valley", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-the-fowler", "label": "Henry the Fowler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria", "label": "Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-italy-holy-roman-empire", "label": "Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "november", "label": "November", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 590, "year_label": "590 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Franks again invade Italy; they capture Modena and Mantua. Several Lombard dukes defect: Gisulf I, duke of Friuli, is defeated and replaced by his son Gisulf II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753220#Europe", "title": "590", "revid": 1364753220, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 603, "year_label": "603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Agilulf besieges Cremona, and with the assistance of the Slavs the city is destroyed. He captures Padua and Mantua (Northern Italy); its territory is divided between the Lombard duchies of Brescia and Bergamo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752956#Europe", "title": "603", "revid": 1364752956, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 804, "year_label": "804 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Obelerio degli Antenori becomes the ninth doge of Venice, after his predecessor Giovanni Galbaio flees to Mantua, where he is killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076299#Europe", "title": "804", "revid": 1267076299, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 924, "year_label": "924 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – The Hungarians invade Saxony and force King Henry I (the Fowler) to retreat into the Castle of Werla. He makes a pact and agrees to pay them tribute for 9 years. They return to the Po Valley and sack the cities of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua (Northern Italy).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360748864#Europe", "title": "924", "revid": 1360748864, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1021, "year_label": "1021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November", "text": "November – Emperor Henry II conducts his fourth Italian military campaign. He crosses the Brenner Pass with a 60,000-strong army, and reaches Verona, where he receives Lombard levies. Henry proceeds to Mantua and then into Ravenna, to spend Christmas there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212958#Europe", "title": "1021", "revid": 1342212958, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – Pope Pius II arrives in Mantua in the Italian region of Lombardy as the guest of Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, in order to convene the Council of Mantua in hopes of organizing a crusade against the Ottoman Empire. Meetings begin on June 1 the Council continues for six months.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#April–June", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1607, "year_label": "1607 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 24", "text": "February 24 – Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo, the earliest fully developed opera in the modern-day repertoire, premieres at the Ducal Palace of Mantua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358831090#January–March", "title": "1607", "revid": 1358831090, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Giambattista Andreini's play The Penitent Magdalene is published in Mantua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#Date_unknown", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1617, "year_label": "1617 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – The Treaty of Pavia is signed between Spain and Savoy, under which Savoy returns Monferrato to Mantua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367152520#October–December", "title": "1617", "revid": 1367152520, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – War of the Mantuan Succession: Mantua is sacked by an army of the Holy Roman Empire, led by Count Johann von Aldringen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#July–September", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – In the city of Mantua in Italy, the world's oldest continuously published private newspaper, Gazzetta di Mantova, publishes its first-known issue. The newspaper would celebrate its 350th anniversary in 2014.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372648278#April–June", "title": "1664", "revid": 1372648278, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 - The Siege of Mantua (1796-1797) begins when Napoleon Bonaparte lays siege to the city of Mantua, Austria's final stronghold in Northern Italy. The siege and Austria's attempts to relieve it will take the majority of the Italian campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#April–June", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – Siege of Mantua: Napoleon Bonaparte fights a pitched battle at La Favorita on the east side of the Mincio River. The Austrians withdraw into the fortress of Mantua, which is crowded with nearly 30,000 men. Within six weeks, 4,000 die from wounds or sickness.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#July–September", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1797, "year_label": "1797 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – War of the First Coalition – Battle of Rivoli: French forces under General Napoleon Bonaparte defeat an Austrian army of 28,000 men, under Feldzeugmeister József Alvinczi, near Rivoli (modern-day Italy), ending Austria's fourth and final attempt to relieve the fortress city of Mantua.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310974#January–March", "title": "1797", "revid": 1368310974, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}