{"slug": "rennes", "label": "Rennes", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennes", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q647", "qid": "Q647", "description": "capital city of the region of Brittany, France", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [846, 1899], "span_label": ["846 CE", "1899 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "bretons", "label": "Bretons", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "october", "label": "October", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-brittany", "label": "Duchy of Brittany", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "loire", "label": "Loire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-bald", "label": "Charles the Bald", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "county-of-anjou", "label": "County of Anjou", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nantes", "label": "Nantes", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nominoe", "label": "Nominoe", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-viii-of-france", "label": "Charles VIII of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anne-of-brittany", "label": "Anne of Brittany", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 846, "year_label": "846 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Breton forces under Nominoe occupy the Frankish cities of Nantes and Rennes. He makes raids in Anjou and threatens Bayeux. King Charles the Bald recognizes him as duke of Brittany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1308185700#Europe", "title": "846", "revid": 1308185700, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 875, "year_label": "875 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bretons begin to flee the land, seeking the relative security of Britain. Vikings loot the Abbey of Saint-Melaine at Rennes (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352180718#Religion", "title": "875", "revid": 1352180718, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 888, "year_label": "888 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October", "text": "October – Alan I (the Great), count of Vannes, and his rival Judicael, unite their forces to defeat the Vikings at Questembert (or 889). Judicael is killed, in a notable victory for the Bretons, with 15,000 Vikings crushed, some few 400 escaping to their ships. In command of a 'united' Breton force, Alan is able to drive the Vikings back to the Loire River. Alan becomes sole ruler of Brittany, and over the Frankish counties of Rennes, Nantes, Coutances and Avranches.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347624107#Europe", "title": "AD 888", "revid": 1347624107, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1491, "year_label": "1491 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – King Charles VIII of France and the Duchess Anne of Brittany conclude a treaty at Rennes, leading to the breaking of Anne's engagement to Archduke Maximilian of Austria, and an agreement for the marriage of Anne to Charles. François Guizot (translated by Robert Black), The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Year 1789,", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360561378#July–September", "title": "1491", "revid": 1360561378, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Serial poisoner Hélène Jégado is arrested in Rennes, France. Her trial opens on December 6; she is eventually sentenced to death and executed by guillotine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#July–September", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is pardoned in France by the Ministry of War. He is released from prison at Rennes the following day but not fully exonerated until 1906.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#September", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › September"}}]}