{"slug": "nice", "label": "Nice", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33959", "qid": "Q33959", "description": "city and commune in Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1112, 2016], "span_label": ["1112 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "picardy", "label": "Picardy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-of-barcelona", "label": "County of Barcelona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marseille", "label": "Marseille", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "genoa", "label": "Genoa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "corsica", "label": "Corsica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean", "label": "Mediterranean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleon", "label": "Napoleon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1112, "year_label": "1112 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – Ramon Berenguer III (\"the Great\"), count of Barcelona, obtains the county of Provence through his marriage to the heiress, Douce I. Ramon's dominion stretches as far east as Nice (modern France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268836#Europe", "title": "1112", "revid": 1365268836, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – Three days after the arrival of the peacekeeping team in Lyon, and 15 days after the legation had met with the Holy Roman Emperor to avoid war, troops of the Holy Roman Empire invade France, crossing over the Var river from Nizza in Italy (now Nice in France) as well as invading Picardie with a second force.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#July–September", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22– The city of Nice is captured by the Ottomans and Barbarossa after a long bombardment. The Ottomans pillage the city and take away 2,500 captives to be sold into slavery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#July–September", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1794, "year_label": "1794 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – Napoleon is arrested and put under house arrest at Nice for his association with the Robespierres during their fall in the Thermidorian Reaction. He is later taken to Antibes and detained in a military fort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801189#July–September", "title": "1794", "revid": 1362801189, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at Nice to take command of the Army of Italy (37,000 men and 60 guns), which is scattered in detachments as far as Genoa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#January–March", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 13", "text": "April 13 – A new land speed record of 74 mph km/h is set in Nice, France, by Léon Serpollet driving a steam car.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#April", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28 – WWII: Operation Dragoon – The Free French Army liberates the cities of Marseille and Nice.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#August", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1968, "year_label": "1968 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – The crash of Air France Flight 1611 kills 95 people, including French Army General René Cogny, as the Caravelle jetliner plunges into the Mediterranean Sea following a fire while making its approach to Nice following its departure from the island of Corsica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310387#September–October", "title": "1968", "revid": 1371310387, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 16", "text": "July 16–20 – Albert Spaggiari and his gang break into the vault of the Société Generale Bank in Nice, France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#July", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 14", "text": "July 14 – 2016 Nice truck attack: 86 people are killed and more than 400 others injured in a truck attack in Nice, France, during Bastille Day celebrations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#July", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › July"}}]}