{"slug": "palau", "label": "Palau", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palau", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q695", "qid": "Q695", "description": "island sovereign state in Oceania", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1710, 1994], "span_label": ["1710 CE", "1994 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "mexico", "label": "Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philippines", "label": "Philippines", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qing-dynasty", "label": "Qing dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-east-indies", "label": "Dutch East Indies", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marshall-islands", "label": "Marshall Islands", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guam", "label": "Guam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mindanao", "label": "Mindanao", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1710, "year_label": "1710 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – The first visit to the Pacific islands of Palau is made by a Jesuit expedition led by Francisco Padilla; unfortunately, the ship is driven to Mindanao by a storm, leaving two priests stranded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358049105#October–December", "title": "1710", "revid": 1358049105, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – The British East India Company packet ship Antelope (1781) is wrecked off Ulong Island in the Palau (Pelew) group, resulting in the first sustained European contact with those islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370056030#July–September", "title": "1783", "revid": 1370056030, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1845, "year_label": "1845 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – The Philippines began reckoning Asian dates by hopping the International Date Line through skipping Tuesday, December 31, 1844. That time zone shift was a reform made by Governor–General Narciso Claveria on August 16, 1844, in order to align the local calendars in the country with the rest of Asia as trade interests with Imperial China, Dutch East Indies and neighboring countries increased, after Mexico became independent in 1821. The reform also applied to Caroline Islands, Guam, Marianas Islands, Marshall Islands, and Palau as part of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364939346#January–March", "title": "1845", "revid": 1364939346, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Palau becomes a self-governing territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#January", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Leopold Kohr, the people of Belau, Amory and Hunter Lovins/Rocky Mountain Institute and Manfred Max Neef/CEPAUR win the Right Livelihood Award.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#Date_unknown", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Palau gains independence from the United Nations Trusteeship Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#October", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › October"}}]}