{"slug": "maronites", "label": "Maronites", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maronites", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4988656", "qid": "Q4988656", "description": "ethno-religious group in the Levant", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [687, 1991], "span_label": ["687 CE", "1991 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Maronite"], "related": [{"slug": "lebanon", "label": "Lebanon", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "youssef-bey-karam", "label": "Youssef Bey Karam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "acre-israel", "label": "Acre, Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-navy", "label": "Byzantine navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "justinian-ii", "label": "Justinian II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abd-al-malik-ibn-marwan", "label": "Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thracesian-theme", "label": "Thracesian Theme", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 687, "year_label": "687 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Justinian II negotiates a peace treaty with the Umayyad Caliphate (resulting in caliph Abd al-Malik paying tribute). He removes 12,000 Christian Maronites, who continually resist the Arabs, from Lebanon. Justinian reinforces the Byzantine navy on Cyprus, and transfers cavalry troops from the Thracesian Theme in Anatolia to the Theme of Thrace in the Balkan Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806293#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "687", "revid": 1340806293, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – The Egyptians, aided by Maronites, seize Acre from the Ottoman Empire after a 7-month siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#April–June", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 11", "text": "October 11 – Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottomans, and on October 14 goes into exile, initially in Malta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#October–December", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#January", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 31", "text": "January 31 – Maronite nationalist leader Youssef Bey Karam leaves Lebanon aboard a French ship for Algeria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#January", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – Lebanon hostage crisis: Maronite general Michel Aoun leaves Lebanon on a French warship into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#August", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › August"}}]}