{"slug": "oran", "label": "Oran", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oran", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131818", "qid": "Q131818", "description": "coastal city in Oran Province, Algeria", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [902, 1962], "span_label": ["902 CE", "1962 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "algeria", "label": "Algeria", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fatimid-caliphate", "label": "Fatimid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ifriqiya", "label": "Ifriqiya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "khawarij", "label": "Khawarij", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "andalusia", "label": "Andalusia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tlemcen", "label": "Tlemcen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-land", "label": "Holy Land", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 902, "year_label": "902 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Moorish Andalusian merchants set up a trade settlement (so-called emporium) in Oran (modern Algeria).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130244#Arabian_Empire", "title": "902", "revid": 1341130244, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 955, "year_label": "955 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe revolts against the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya and destroys the city of Oran (modern Algeria). They construct a new capital, Ifgan, near Mascara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512718#Africa", "title": "955", "revid": 1341512718, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1145, "year_label": "1145 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Almohad forces under Abd al-Mu'min defeat a Muslim Almoravid army at Tlemcen. Almoravid ruler Tashfin ibn Ali dies while escaping his enemies near Oran. He is succeeded by his son Ibrahim ibn Tashfin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362160818#Africa", "title": "1145", "revid": 1362160818, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1148, "year_label": "1148 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – A small Crusader fleet of Genoese and English ships sets sail from Lisbon for the Holy Land. The Anglo-Flemish Crusader fleet takes Oran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362156256#Europe", "title": "1148", "revid": 1362156256, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Spain completes the conquest of the Algerian cities of Oran and Mers El Kébir in the Oran Province, after a 17-day siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#July–September", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1790, "year_label": "1790 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 – At least 3,000 people die in Algeria when an earthquake and tsunami strikes the city of Oran. The city is destroyed and Spanish forces eventually flee in 1792.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361336081#October–December", "title": "1790", "revid": 1361336081, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – WWII: Attack on Mers-el-Kébir: British naval units sink or seize ships of the French fleet anchored in the Algerian ports of Mers-el-Kebir and Oran, to prevent them from falling into German hands. The following day, Vichy France breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#July", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – WWII: Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Louisburg is bombed and sunk off Oran, Algeria by Italian aircraft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#February", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – OAS leader Edmond Jouhaud is arrested in Oran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#March", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › March"}}]}