{"slug": "prince-henry-the-navigator", "label": "Prince Henry the Navigator", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Henry_the_Navigator", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182897", "qid": "Q182897", "description": "Portuguese prince and governor (1394–1460)", "entries": 10, "years": 8, "span": [1394, 1460], "span_label": ["1394 CE", "1460 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ceuta", "label": "Ceuta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tangier", "label": "Tangier", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "marinid-dynasty", "label": "Marinid dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "afonso-v-of-portugal", "label": "Afonso V of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-people", "label": "Portuguese people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1394, "year_label": "1394 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (d. 1460)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593498#Births", "title": "1394", "revid": 1371593498, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1419, "year_label": "1419 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Portuguese explorers João Gonçalves Zarco, Tristão Vaz Teixeira and Bartolomeu Perestrello, at the service of Prince Henry the Navigator, discover Madeira Island, a year after Zarco and Tristão had discovered Porto Santo Island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358545199#July–September", "title": "1419", "revid": 1358545199, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Prince Henry the Navigator is appointed Grand Master of the Military Order of Christ.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#April–June", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Portuguese sailors sent by Prince Henry the Navigator cross Cape Non, going as far as Cape Bojador.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#Date_unknown", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22– Portugal's disastrous Tangier expedition to attack Morocco begins as Prince Henry the Navigator and more than 6,000 troops (3,000 knights, 2,000 infantry, 1,000 archers) sail from the port of Belém toward Africa and the Portuguese colony of Ceuta. They arrive at Ceuta five days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#July–September", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Prince Henry the Navigator (Henrique, o Navegador), brother of King Duarte of Portugal, agrees on behalf Portugal to cede its North African colony of Ceuta back to Morocco in return for being allowed to withdraw all of his troops, including those taken prisoner.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#October–December", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Led by Prince Henry the Navigator, a poorly-prepared Portuguese attempt to conquer the city of Tangier in the Marinid Sultanate in Morocco begins. Although the Portuguese have more than 6,000 troops, they reach the walled city and find that their scaling ladders are too short to reach the top, and their artillery is too weak to damage the walls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#July–September", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Pedro de Portugal, Duke of Coimbra and regent for the 11-year old King Afonso V, grants letters patent to his younger brother Dom Henrique of Navegador (\"Prince Henry the Navigator\"), giving Henrique an exclusive monopoly over all navigation south of Cape Bojador, whether for the purpose of war or trade, as well as a commission on any African goods or slaves brought back to mainland Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#October–December", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – Colonization of Terceira Island by Portugal begins as Dom Henrique, om Navigador", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#January–March", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1460, "year_label": "1460 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371496065#Deaths", "title": "1460", "revid": 1371496065, "section": "Deaths"}}]}