{"slug": "recife", "label": "Recife", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48344", "qid": "Q48344", "description": "municipality of Pernambuco state, Brazil", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1537, 1726], "span_label": ["1537 CE", "1726 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "brazil", "label": "Brazil", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dutch-west-india-company", "label": "Dutch West India Company", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "portuguese-empire", "label": "Portuguese Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "colonial-brazil", "label": "Colonial Brazil", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-world", "label": "New World", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1537, "year_label": "1537 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Recife is founded by the Portuguese, in Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362632656#January–March", "title": "1537", "revid": 1362632656, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – A fleet sent by the Dutch West India Company captures Recife from the Portuguese, establishing Dutch Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#January–March", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The first synagogue of the New World, Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue, is founded in Recife by the Dutch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358525522#Date_unknown", "title": "1636", "revid": 1358525522, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1640, "year_label": "1640 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Action of 12–17 January 1640: A naval battle, part of the Dutch invasions of Brazil, between ships of the Dutch Republic and those of the Kingdom of Portugal, ends after five days of fighting with the Dutch driving the Portuguese away from the port of Recife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323300#January–March", "title": "1640", "revid": 1361323300, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – Dutch expedition to Valdivia: The failed Dutch expedition arrives back at Recife in Dutch Brazil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#October–December", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1654, "year_label": "1654 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – Portugal recaptures the South American city of Recife from the Netherlands after a siege of more than two years during the Dutch-Portuguese War, bringing an end to Dutch rule of what is now Brazil. The Dutch West India Company has held the city (which they call Mauritsstad) for more than 23 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981814#January–March", "title": "1654", "revid": 1365981814, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1661, "year_label": "1661 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 6", "text": "August 6 – Portugal and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of The Hague, whereby the Dutch Republic's South American colony of Nieuw-Holland is sold to Portugal for the equivalent of roughly 63000 kg of gold, and incorporated into Brazil. The territory includes much of what will later become the Brazilian states of Ceará, Maranhão, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte. Among the major Dutch settlements lost are Mauritsstad (Recife), Fort Schoonenborch (Fortaleza), Nieuw-Amsterdam (Natal), and Frederikstadt (João Pessoa).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986603#July–September", "title": "1661", "revid": 1365986603, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1726, "year_label": "1726 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 6", "text": "September 6 – An explosion kills all but seven of the 700 passengers and crew on the Portuguese Navy galleon HMFMS Santa Rosa as its cargo of gunpowder blows up. Historians speculate that of the 693 people on the ship, those who weren't killed by the explosion drowned or were killed by sharks as the ship went down off of the coast of Recife.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372345509#July–September", "title": "1726", "revid": 1372345509, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}