{"slug": "murcia", "label": "Murcia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murcia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12225", "qid": "Q12225", "description": "municipality and capital of the Region of Murcia, Spain", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1228, 2001], "span_label": ["1228 CE", "2001 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-castile", "label": "Kingdom of Castile", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alfonso-x-of-castile", "label": "Alfonso X of Castile", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "james-i-of-aragon", "label": "James I of Aragon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "emirate-of-granada", "label": "Emirate of Granada", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mallorca", "label": "Mallorca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "merida-spain", "label": "Mérida, Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sancho-iv-of-castile", "label": "Sancho IV of Castile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reconquista", "label": "Reconquista", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crown-of-aragon", "label": "Crown of Aragon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tarifa", "label": "Tarifa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1228, "year_label": "1228 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King James I (the Conqueror) launches a major offensive against the Almohads in Majorca. At the same moment, Emir Ibn Hud al-Yamadi (confronted by increasing Christian pressure) denounces Almohad rule in Murcia (modern Spain) and acknowledges the Abbasid Caliphate as legitimate overlord, in effect declaring independence. Other notable Christian success: King Alfonso IX of León conquers Mérida.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360747311#Europe", "title": "1228", "revid": 1360747311, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1231, "year_label": "1231 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Jerez: Ferdinand III defeats Emir Ibn Hud of the Taifa of Murcia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367488978#Europe", "title": "1231", "revid": 1367488978, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1243, "year_label": "1243 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 1", "text": "May 1 – The Castillan troops are garrisoned in Murcia, to support the Hudid Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367489265#Europe", "title": "1243", "revid": 1367489265, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1264, "year_label": "1264 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Mudéjar Revolt: Muslim rebel forces, aided by allies from Algeciras and Tarifa, take the town of Jerez de la Frontera after defeating the outnumbered Castilian garrison led by Nuño González de Lara (\"the Good\"). The rebels are supported by Muhammad I, ruler of the Emirate of Granada, while King Alfonso X of Castile (\"the Wise\") is allied with Aragon. The rebels manage to capture Murcia, as well as several smaller towns.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334426011#Europe", "title": "1264", "revid": 1334426011, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1266, "year_label": "1266 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – Siege of Murcia: King James I of Aragon (\"the Conqueror\") marches with his army from Orihuela and lays siege at Murcia on the Segura River. Skirmishes break out between the defenders and the Aragonese forces. The Muslim garrison, realizing that they are outnumbered and cut off from reinforcements, asks for terms. James offers to ask King Alfonso X of Castile (\"the Wise\") to restore the Murcians' legal rights (see 1244) from before the rebellion: self-government under Castilian suzerainty, freedom of worship, and preservation of lands and properties. They agree to this offer but request Alfonso's explicit agreement rather than just James' promise to ask him. James refuses to get Alfonso's agreement before the city surrenders. Finally, the Moors yield Murcia to James on January 31. Seeing his standard on the walls, James enters the city on February 3, accepting its surrender.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320651#Europe", "title": "1266", "revid": 1351320651, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1282, "year_label": "1282 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – The 24-year-old Prince Sancho, heir to the throne of Castile, assembles a coalition of nobles and starts a massive rebellion against his father, King Alfonso X. He dispatches his brothers into the realm to claim strategically important cities and castles. Only the cities of Seville, Murcia and Badajoz remain loyal to Alfonso, who becomes isolated politically and abandoned by most of his family.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359685493#Europe", "title": "1282", "revid": 1359685493, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Reconquista – Battle of Los Alporchones (around the city of Lorca in Murcia): The combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile, and its subsidiary kingdom of Murcia, defeat the Emirate of Granada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#January–March", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 2001, "year_label": "2001 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "July", "text": "July – The largest ever recorded outbreak of Legionnaires' disease occurs in Murcia, Spain. 449 cases are confirmed, with more than 800 suspected ones.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373523156#July", "title": "2001", "revid": 1373523156, "section": "Events › July"}}]}