{"slug": "nijmegen", "label": "Nijmegen", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmegen", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47887", "qid": "Q47887", "description": "municipality in Gelderland, Netherlands", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [104, 1702], "span_label": ["104 CE", "1702 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charlemagne", "label": "Charlemagne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxons", "label": "Saxons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "easter", "label": "Easter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "carolingian-dynasty", "label": "Carolingian dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "saxon-wars", "label": "Saxon Wars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-saxony", "label": "Old Saxony", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "widukind", "label": "Widukind", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-farnese-duke-of-parma", "label": "Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "maurice-of-nassau", "label": "Maurice of Nassau", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "theophanu", "label": "Theophanu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-iii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 104, "year_label": "104 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "Nijmegen is renamed Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186542#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 104", "revid": 1371186542, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 777, "year_label": "777 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Saxon Wars: King Charlemagne spends Easter in Nijmegen, and leads a large Frankish army to Paderborn, where a general assembly of Carolingian and Saxon leaders had been summoned. Saxon lands are integrated into the Frankish Kingdom, and divided into missionary parishes. Duke Widukind and his followers flee to King Sigfred of Denmark, seeking refuge and support.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348716720#Europe", "title": "AD 777", "revid": 1348716720, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 991, "year_label": "991 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15: Theophanu dies in Nijmegen, and Adelaide of Italy assumes full regency over her grandson, Otto III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261005#Events", "title": "991", "revid": 1365261005, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Siege of Knodsenburg: Dutch Republic stadtholder Maurice of Nassau and English General Francis Vere defeat the Duke of Parma outside Nijmegen after a four-day siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#July–September", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Dutch artist Salomon van Ruysdael completes the oil painting, The Crossing at Nijmegen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358071698#Date_unknown", "title": "1647", "revid": 1358071698, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1702, "year_label": "1702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Anglo-Dutch forces skirmish with French forces before the walls of Nijmegen and prevent its fall.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362986314#April–June", "title": "1702", "revid": 1362986314, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}