{"slug": "metz", "label": "Metz", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metz", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22690", "qid": "Q22690", "description": "city in Grand Est, France", "entries": 22, "years": 21, "span": [451, 1814], "span_label": ["451 CE", "1814 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "chlothar-i", "label": "Chlothar I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "merovingian-dynasty", "label": "Merovingian dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cologne", "label": "Cologne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "strasbourg", "label": "Strasbourg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mayor-of-the-palace", "label": "Mayor of the Palace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lotharingia", "label": "Lotharingia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lothair-ii", "label": "Lothair II", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xiv", "label": "Louis XIV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 451, "year_label": "451 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Attila's forces invade Gaul and sack Metz. The major cities of Strasbourg, Worms, Mainz, Trier, Cologne, Reims, Tournai, Cambrai, Amiens and Beauvais are destroyed by the Huns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361438720#Europe", "title": "451", "revid": 1361438720, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 511, "year_label": "511 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – King Clovis I dies at Paris (Lutetia) at age 45, and is buried in the Abbey of St. Genevieve. The Merovingian dynasty is continued by his four sons (Theuderic I, Chlodomer, Childebert I and Chlothar I), who divide the Frankish Kingdom and rule from the capitals at Metz, Orléans, Paris and Soissons, respectively.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364740421#Europe", "title": "511", "revid": 1364740421, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Chlothar I annexes the Frankish territories of Metz and Reims, after the death of his great-nephew Theudebald.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Europe", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sigebert I repels an attack on Austrasia by the Avars at Regensburg (Germany). He moves his capital from Reims to Metz (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Europe", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 566, "year_label": "566 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A poet from Italy named Venantius Fortunatus arrives at the Merovingian court at Metz. With a strong grasp of traditional Roman poetry, Fortunatus impresses and entertains the Frankish royalty and aristocracy. The success of a Latin poet in Francia suggests that Roman culture persisted well after the Roman Empire disintegrated in Gaul in the late 5th century.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749385#Francia", "title": "566", "revid": 1364749385, "section": "Events › By place › Francia"}}, {"year": 590, "year_label": "590 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Egidius, bishop of Reims, is tried at Metz before a council of bishops for a conspiracy against King Childebert II; he is found guilty and exiled to Strasbourg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753220#Religion", "title": "590", "revid": 1364753220, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II dies of dysentery in the Austrasian capital of Metz, while preparing a campaign against his longtime enemy, Chlothar II. His grandmother Brunhilda attempts to establish a third regency for her illegitimate great-grandson Sigebert II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Europe", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 623, "year_label": "623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Clothar II gives Austrasia to his son Dagobert I, age 20, effectively granting the kingdom semi-autonomy in repayment for the support of its nobles, most notably Pepin of Landen (Mayor of the Palace), and in recognition of calls from the Austrasians for a king of their own. Arnulf, bishop of Metz, becomes advisor to Dagobert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364763007#Europe", "title": "623", "revid": 1364763007, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dagobert III dies of an illness and is succeeded by Chilperic II, son of Childeric II, as king of Neustria. Charles Martel is freed from prison at Cologne, and is proclaimed Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia at the capital Metz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Europe", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 863, "year_label": "863 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Pope Nicholas I sends archbishops Gunther and Theotgaud to a synod of Metz, which confirms the permission given to King Lothair II of Lotharingia to remarry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322668706#Religion", "title": "863", "revid": 1322668706, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Charles the Bald meets his brother Louis the German at Metz. They agree to a partition of Lotharingia, which belonged to former emperor Lothair I (now in possession of his sons Lothair II and Louis II).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Europe", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 954, "year_label": "954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – The Hungarians plunder the surroundings of Laon, Reims, Chalon, Metz, and Gorze. After that, they return to Burgundy. In Provence, the Hungarians battle with the Moors from the Muslim enclave of Fraxinet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360671354#Europe", "title": "954", "revid": 1360671354, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June", "text": "June – Members of the People's Crusade under Emicho set out up the Main towards Hungary. Some followers break off from Emicho's army at Mainz and travel to Metz – where many Jews are persecuted and murdered. They proceed down the Rhine, massacring the Jews at Neuss, Wevelinghofen, and Xanten.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#First_Crusade", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1147, "year_label": "1147 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June", "text": "June – A French expeditionary force (some 18,000 men) led by King Louis VII departs from Metz and travels through Bavaria. Louis is accompanied by the French nobility and his wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, heiress of France. At Regensburg, where the force arrives on June 29, the Crusaders journey peaceably for fifteen days through Hungary and reach the Byzantine frontier at the end of August.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362163362#Second_Crusade", "title": "1147", "revid": 1362163362, "section": "Events › By place › Second Crusade"}}, {"year": 1324, "year_label": "1324 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 – War of Metz: In Western Europe, the \"Four Lords\", King John of Bohemia (\"the Blind\"), his uncle Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier, Count Edward I, Count of Bar and Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (\"the Fighter\") meet at Remich (in modern-day Luxembourg) and make plans to work jointly on besieging the city of Metz (in modern-day France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303312513#July_–_September", "title": "1324", "revid": 1303312513, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1324, "year_label": "1324 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – War of Metz: The armies of Bohemia, Luxembourg, Bar and Lorraine under the \"Four Lords\" begin their siege of the walled city of Metz, capital of the Messin Republic. The attackers use a new weapon, the cannon, to fire projectiles at high speed against the city walls in order to destroy the city. The group withdraws at the end of the month after plundering the surrounding area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303312513#July_–_September", "title": "1324", "revid": 1303312513, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1491, "year_label": "1491 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – A solar eclipse observed in Metz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360561378#April–June", "title": "1491", "revid": 1360561378, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1552, "year_label": "1552 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – King Henry II of France enters the city of Metz, ceded to France by Saxony by the January 15 Treaty of Chambord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364394581#April–June", "title": "1552", "revid": 1364394581, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – Peace of Cateau Cambrésis: After two days of negotiations, France makes peace with England and Spain, ending the Italian War of 1551–59. France gives up most of its gains in Italy (including Savoy), retaining only Saluzzo, but keeps the three Lorraine bishoprics of Metz, Toul, and Verdun, and the formerly English town of Calais.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#April–June", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1573, "year_label": "1573 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – The French Duke of Anjou, recently elected as King Henry of Poland, departs from Metz with an entourage of 1,200 people, arriving at Kraków on February 18.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656331#October–December", "title": "1573", "revid": 1366656331, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1670, "year_label": "1670 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Raphael Levy, a Jewish resident of the city of Metz in France, is burned at the stake after being accused of the September 25 abduction and ritual murder of a child who had disappeared from the village of Glatigny. The prosecutor applies to King Louis XIV for an order expelling all 95 Jewish families from Metz, but the king refuses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368809725#January–March", "title": "1670", "revid": 1368809725, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360305709#January", "title": "1814", "revid": 1360305709, "section": "Events › January"}}]}