{"slug": "quito", "label": "Quito", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quito", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900", "qid": "Q2900", "description": "capital of Ecuador", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1534, 2008], "span_label": ["1534 CE", "2008 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ecuador", "label": "Ecuador", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viceroyalty-of-peru", "label": "Viceroyalty of Peru", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "amazon-river", "label": "Amazon River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "guayaquil", "label": "Guayaquil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "simon-bolivar", "label": "Simón Bolívar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1534, "year_label": "1534 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – Over 200 Spanish settlers, led by conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar, found what becomes Quito, Ecuador.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558671#October–December", "title": "1534", "revid": 1369558671, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1541, "year_label": "1541 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – In what is now the capital of Ecuador, San Francisco de Quito is declared a city by the decree of King Charles I of Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813253#January–March", "title": "1541", "revid": 1361813253, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – The Portuguese expedition led by Pedro Teixeira completes the first ascent of the Amazon River, crossing the Quijos River and arriving at Quito in Ecuador soon after (the same trip had been made in the opposite direction, in 1541).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#July–September", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – The revolt in Quito (at this time part of Spain's Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada; the modern-day capital of Ecuador) is ended peacefully as royal forces enter the city under the command of Guayaquil Governor Pedro Zelaya. Rather than seeking retribution from the Quito citizens over their insurrection that has broken the monopoly over the sale of the liquor aguardiente, Zeleaya oversees a program of reconciliation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#July–September", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1810, "year_label": "1810 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – In Quito, Ecuador, 200 citizens are slaughtered in the Royal barracks and the surrounding streets by royalist troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357106545#July–September", "title": "1810", "revid": 1357106545, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Battle of Pichincha: Simón Bolívar secures the independence of Quito.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#April–June", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – The Quito Ultratumba nightclub fire in Quito, Ecuador, kills 19 people and injures at least 24 more.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#April", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › April"}}]}