{"slug": "saint-helena", "label": "Saint Helena", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Helena", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34497", "qid": "Q34497", "description": "island in the South Atlantic Ocean", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1502, 1840], "span_label": ["1502 CE", "1840 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "napoleon", "label": "Napoleon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "napoleonic-wars", "label": "Napoleonic Wars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "july-monarchy", "label": "July Monarchy", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1502, "year_label": "1502 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – Portuguese navigator João da Nova discovers the uninhabited island of Saint Helena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367622674#April–June", "title": "1502", "revid": 1367622674, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1503, "year_label": "1503 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Saint Helena is first definitively sighted, by ships of Portuguese navigator Estêvão da Gama returning from the East.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366510845#July–September", "title": "1503", "revid": 1366510845, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1516, "year_label": "1516 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Portuguese soldier Fernão Lopes becomes the first known permanent inhabitant of Saint Helena.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368315851#Date_unknown", "title": "1516", "revid": 1368315851, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 18", "text": "June 18 – Sailing across the South Atlantic Ocean towards England, near the end of their voyage around the world, Thomas Cavendish and his East India Company fleet stumble across the Portuguese-controlled island of Saint Helena. While Saint Helena has been under the control of Portugal for 80 years, England had been unaware of its existence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362479687#April–June", "title": "1588", "revid": 1362479687, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon is transferred to HMS Northumberland, to begin his forced and final second exile, on the remote island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. Andrew Roberts, Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo- and the Great Commanders who Fought it (Simon and Schuster, 2001) p199", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#August", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1815, "year_label": "1815 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587765#October", "title": "1815", "revid": 1365587765, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1821, "year_label": "1821 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena of stomach cancer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366198623#April–June", "title": "1821", "revid": 1366198623, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1840, "year_label": "1840 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 30", "text": "September 30 – The French frigate Belle Poule arrives in Cherbourg, bringing back the remains of Napoleon from Saint Helena to France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360387586#July–September", "title": "1840", "revid": 1360387586, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}