{"slug": "menorca", "label": "Menorca", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menorca", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52636", "qid": "Q52636", "description": "island in Spain", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [703, 1910], "span_label": ["703 CE", "1910 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "gibraltar", "label": "Gibraltar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "soissons", "label": "Soissons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "algeria", "label": "Algeria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-tlemcen", "label": "Kingdom of Tlemcen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tunisia", "label": "Tunisia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hafsid-dynasty", "label": "Hafsid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "libya", "label": "Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "byzantine-navy", "label": "Byzantine navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mallorca", "label": "Mallorca", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 703, "year_label": "703 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Musa ibn Nusayr, governor of Ifriqiya (western Libya), builds a Muslim fleet to harass the Byzantine navy and conquer the islands of Ibiza, Mallorca, and Menorca (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807078#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "703", "revid": 1340807078, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1287, "year_label": "1287 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Aragonese forces led by King Alfonso III (the Liberal) conquer the island of Menorca. He signs the \"Treaty of San Agayz\" with Sultan Abû 'Umar ibn Sa'îd on January 21. Alfonso accepts a policy of free trade for merchants and their property. He also concludes an alliance against the Marinids with Abu Said Uthman I, ruler of the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (modern Algeria). He proposes to supply him with five to ten galleys (with food and other goods) in exchange for 500 elite Zayyanid horsemen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361694581#Europe", "title": "1287", "revid": 1361694581, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1398, "year_label": "1398 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – King Martin of Aragon, and ruler of Valencia, Majorca and Barcelona, begins the Bona crusade of Christians against the Muslims of Tunisia and departs from the island of Menorca with 13 galleys, 77 warships and 7,500 crusaders toward the Harsid Kingdom, ruled by the Caliph Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372737#July–September", "title": "1398", "revid": 1370372737, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1708, "year_label": "1708 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – War of the Spanish Succession: Menorca is captured by British forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360122845#July–December", "title": "1708", "revid": 1360122845, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 27", "text": "March 27 – First Treaty of Utrecht between Great Britain and Spain: Philip V is accepted by Britain and Austria as king of Spain; Spain cedes Gibraltar and Menorca to Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#January–March", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – The Congress of Soissons opens at the French town of Soissons to negotiate a treaty between Great Britain and Spain. The treaty, which is concluded on November 9, 1729, recognizes the Spanish royal family's rule of parts of Italy, and Britain's possession of Gibraltar and Menorca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#April–June", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Siege of Fort St Philip begins when the French under Armand de Vignerot du Plessis, Duke of Richelieu, land near Port Mahón on Menorca and besiege the British garrison here in a prelude to the Seven Years' War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#April–June", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1756, "year_label": "1756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Seven Years' War: Siege of Fort St Philip at Port Mahón: The British garrison in Menorca surrenders to the French after two months' siege by the Duke of Richelieu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349937992#April–June", "title": "1756", "revid": 1349937992, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – French liner General Chanzy sinks in the Mediterranean after striking rocks off Menorca, with only one survivor of the 157 on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#February", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › February"}}]}