{"slug": "meuse", "label": "Meuse", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41986", "qid": "Q41986", "description": "river in western Europe", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-54, 1421], "span_label": ["55 BCE", "1421 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duchy-of-lorraine", "label": "Duchy of Lorraine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "netherlands", "label": "Netherlands", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "moselle", "label": "Moselle", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cologne", "label": "Cologne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aachen", "label": "Aachen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lothair-of-france", "label": "Lothair of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hugh-capet", "label": "Hugh Capet", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -54, "year_label": "55 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May", "text": "May – Julius Caesar defeats a Germanic army and massacres the women and children near the Meuse and Rhine Rivers (now known as the city of Kessel in the Netherlands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364737843#Roman_Republic", "title": "55 BC", "revid": 1364737843, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": 882, "year_label": "882 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Asselt: Charles the Fat besieges a Viking camp, who have plundered along the Meuse, the Rhine and the Moselle. He defeats their leader Godfrid, and grants him West Frisia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345951089#Europe", "title": "882", "revid": 1345951089, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 954, "year_label": "954 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – A Hungarian army led by Bulcsú crosses the Rhine. He camps at Worms in the capital of his ally Conrad the Red, duke of Lorraine. Bulcsú heads west, attacking the domains of King Otto I, by crossing the rivers Moselle and Maas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360671354#Europe", "title": "954", "revid": 1360671354, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "August – Otto II appoints his cousin Charles, illegitimate son of the late King Louis IV (d'Outremer), as duke of Lorraine. King Lothair III – who claims the duchy as his own territory – declares war to the Holy Roman Empire. He leads an expedition into Lorraine accompanied by Hugh Capet. Lothair crosses the Meuse River and takes Aachen, sacking the imperial palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Europe", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Peter the Hermit begins his preaching of the First Crusade, traveling from Berry (in central France) across Champagne, and down the Meuse Valley to Cologne (modern Germany). He gathers the People's Crusade (some 40,000 supporters), which departs about April 20. Peter's speeches appeal not only to nobles and knights, but also laborers, tradesmen and peasants (among them are former brigands and criminals).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#First_Crusade", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 17", "text": "November 17–19 – St. Elizabeth's flood: The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands is flooded, due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10,000 people, and the course of the Meuse is changed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#October–December", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}