{"slug": "maya-rulers", "label": "Maya rulers", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_rulers", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 32, "years": 29, "span": [435, 824], "span_label": ["435 CE", "824 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 14}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 10}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "guatemala", "label": "Guatemala", "shared": 17}, {"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "naranjo", "label": "Naranjo", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "calakmul", "label": "Calakmul", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "honduras", "label": "Honduras", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "copan", "label": "Copán", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "palenque", "label": "Palenque", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "chiapas", "label": "Chiapas", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "dos-pilas", 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"section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 501, "year_label": "501 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Ahkal Moʼ Nahb I becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque (in what is now the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico), and reigns until his death in 524.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340790337#Central_America", "title": "501", "revid": 1340790337, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 529, "year_label": "529 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Kʼan Joy Chitam I becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city-state of Palenque what is now the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico, ending an interregnum of a little over four years, and reigns until his death in 565.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351343002#Central_America", "title": "529", "revid": 1351343002, "section": "Events › By 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"Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – K'ak' Chan Yopaat, becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras, and rules until his death 49 years later in 628.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Central_America", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 578, "year_label": "578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Tzi-B'alam, who had been the ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras, dies after a 25-year reign that began in May 553.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801573#Central_America", "title": "578", "revid": 1340801573, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 579, "year_label": "579 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – Uneh Chan becomes the ruler of the Mayan city state of Calakmul in southern 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"revid": 1340803540, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 636, "year_label": "636 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Yuknoom Chʼeen II becomes the ruler of the Mayan city state of Calakmul in southern Mexico and reigns for 50 years until his death in 686.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068315#Central_America", "title": "636", "revid": 1267068315, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 693, "year_label": "693 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak is installed as the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala at the age of 5-years-old, under the regency of his mother, Wak Chanil Ajaw (Lady Six Sky) of Dos Pilas, and reigns until his death in 720.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806250#Central_America", "title": "693", "revid": 1340806250, "section": "Events › Britain › Central America"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (\"Eighteen Rabbit\") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras upon the death of Chan Imix K'awiil, and rules until his death in 736.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Central_America", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 698, "year_label": "698 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state at Dos Pilas in Guatemala and reigns until 726.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806584#Central_America", "title": "698", "revid": 1340806584, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Wak Chanil Ajaw (Lady Six Sky), who had been the regent for her son Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Chaak from 693 until his attainment of majority, becomes the new queen of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala when K'ak Tiliw dies from unknown causes. She reigns until her death in 741.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Central_America", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 726, "year_label": "726 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil, a Maya ruler of Dos Pilas", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808661#Deaths", "title": "726", "revid": 1340808661, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 726, "year_label": "726 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil, the ruler of the Mayan city state at Dos Pilas in Guatemala since 698, dies after a 28-year reign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808661#Central_America", "title": "726", "revid": 1340808661, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 727, "year_label": "727 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Ucha'an K'in B'alam becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state at Dos Pilas in Guatemala after the death of Itzamnaaj K'awiil and reigns until 741.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372352645#Central_America", "title": "AD 727", "revid": 1372352645, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 736, "year_label": "736 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil (\"Eighteen Rabbit\"), ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras is defeated in battle by Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, the ruler of Quiriguá (in Guatemala), and is beheaded. K'ak' (\"Smoke Monkey\") rules until his death in 749.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809679#Central_America", "title": "736", "revid": 1340809679, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – Wak Chanil Ajaw (Lady Six Sky), queen of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala, dies after a reign of more than 47 years and is succeeded by her son, Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak, who reigns until his own death in 744.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Central_America", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Kʼawiil Chan Kʼinich becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state at Dos Pilas in Guatemala after the death of Ucha'an K'in B'alam and reigns until 761 when he is forced to flee during an uprising by rebels from Tamarindito.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Central_America", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 744, "year_label": "744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – In the Third Tikal-Calakmul War in what is now Guatemala, the Mayan city-state of Tikal conquers the state of Naranjo and captures its king, Yax Mayuy Chan Chaak, who is subsequently sacrificed. The conquest by Tikal destroys Calakmul's once powerful and extensive network of allies, vassal states and trade networks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305046877#Central_America", "title": "744", "revid": 1305046877, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – K'ak' Yipiiy Chan Chaak is installed as the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 748.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Central_America", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 749, "year_label": "749 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 18", "text": "February 18 – Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil (\"Smoke Squirrel\") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras upon the death of Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat, who had reigned since 738. K'ak' Yipyaj reigns until 763.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938976#Central_America", "title": "749", "revid": 1365938976, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – K'ahk' Ukalaw Chan Chaak is installed as the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 780.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Central_America", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 763, "year_label": "763 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat (\"Rising Sun\") becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Copán in Honduras after the death of Kʼakʼ Yipyaj Chan Kʼawiil, who had reigned since 749. Yax Pasaj reigns until 810.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359487766#Central_America", "title": "763", "revid": 1359487766, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 784, "year_label": "784 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – Itzamnaaj K'awiil, brother of Bat K'awiil (who reigned between 780 and 784) and the son of K'ahk' Ukalaw Chan Chaak (who ruled 755 to 780) becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Naranjo in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 810.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848263#Central_America", "title": "784", "revid": 1340848263, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 800, "year_label": "800 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Ochk'in Kaloomte' Aj Ho' Baak becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Machaquila in Guatemala and reigns until his death in 815.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367075277#Central_America", "title": "800", "revid": 1367075277, "section": "Events › Africa › Central America"}}, {"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – Lachan Kʼawiil Ajaw Bot (born June 25, 760) becomes the ruler of the Mayan city state near Itzan in Guatemala.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Central_America", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – Sihyaj K'in Ich’aak II becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Machaquila in Guatemala after the death of Ochk'in Kaloomte' Aj Ho' Baak, and reigns until early 824.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Central_America", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Events › By place › Central America"}}, {"year": 824, "year_label": "824 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – (9.19.13.15.19) (9th B'ak'tun, 19th K'atun, 13th year (Tun) 15th month (Winal) 19th day (K'in)) Juun Tsak-Took becomes the new ruler of the Mayan city state of Machaquila (in what is now Guatemala), along with co-ruler and Ti-Chaak become the after the death of Sihyaj K'in Ich’aak II. Juun Tsak-Tookwill until his 840.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361215157#By_date", "title": "824", "revid": 1361215157, "section": "Events › By date"}}]}