{"slug": "silesia", "label": "Silesia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81720", "qid": "Q81720", "description": "region of Central Europe now located mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [626, 1762], "span_label": ["626 CE", "1762 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "bohemia", "label": "Bohemia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "moravia", "label": "Moravia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "czech-republic", "label": "Czech Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria", "label": "Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adriatic-sea", "label": "Adriatic Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "missionary", "label": "Missionary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "illyricum-roman-province", "label": "Illyricum (Roman province)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbs", "label": "Serbs", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 626, "year_label": "626 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Heraclius invites the Croats, a Slavic tribe living in Galicia, Silesia, and Bohemia, to settle in Illyricum. They are given the land between the Drava River and the Adriatic Sea for ridding of Avars. The Serbs are allowed to move from their homeland north of the Carpathians to a territory east of the Croats. Heraclius asks Pope Honorius I to send missionaries to both groups.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352126742#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "626", "revid": 1352126742, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1106, "year_label": "1106 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bolesław III, duke of Poland, begins a civil war against his half-brother Zbigniew, for control over Lesser Poland and Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266175#Europe", "title": "1106", "revid": 1365266175, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1327, "year_label": "1327 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – Other Silesian nobles follow the example of Casimir of Cieszyn at Opava and swear homage to King John of Bohemia, including the Piast nobles Leszek of Racibórz, Siemowit of Bytom and George of Bytom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367267747#January_–_March", "title": "1327", "revid": 1367267747, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – The Battle of Kratzau takes place in Bohemia in what is now the city of Chrastava in the Czech Republic, as the Silesian troops of the Bohemian Crown Lands under of the Holy Roman Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#October–December", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1469, "year_label": "1469 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3 – At Olomouc, Hungarian King Matyáš Korvín is elected by the Czech Catholic estates to be the King of Bohemia and his rule is accepted by the occupied regions of Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia, though the other Bohemian estates remain loyal to the Bohemian King Jiří z Poděbrad.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365666063#April–June", "title": "1469", "revid": 1365666063, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1478, "year_label": "1478 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary accepts the draft of the Treaty of Brno with slight modifications regarding the division of the lands of the Bohemian crowned claimed by both Hungary and King Vladisalus II of Bohemia. Under the terms, Vladislaus II cedes Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia to Corvinus, and both monarchs are permitted to refer to themselves as \"King of Bohemia\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359855585#July–September", "title": "1478", "revid": 1359855585, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1540, "year_label": "1540 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Martin Luther expels theologian Caspar Schwenckfeld from Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494590#Date_unknown", "title": "1540", "revid": 1366494590, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – The estimated 6.0 magnitude Neulengbach earthquake causes significant damage and some loss of life, in Lower Austria and Vienna; the effects are felt as far as Bohemia and Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#July–September", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 25", "text": "July 25 – Thirty Years' War – Battle of Neu Titschein: Remnants of the Bohemian army temporarily hold off the Imperial advance in Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#July–September", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – Frederick II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#October–December", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1742, "year_label": "1742 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 11", "text": "June 11 – Peace of Breslau: Austria cedes Silesia to Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360184270#April_–June", "title": "1742", "revid": 1360184270, "section": "Events › April –June"}}, {"year": 1743, "year_label": "1743 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – King Augustus III of Poland, acting in his capacity as Elector of Saxony, signs an agreement with Austria, pledging help in war in return for part of Silesia to be conveyed to Saxony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360887949#January–March", "title": "1743", "revid": 1360887949, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1745, "year_label": "1745 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – The Treaty of Dresden gives Prussia full possession of Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353016128#October_–December", "title": "1745", "revid": 1353016128, "section": "Events › October –December"}}, {"year": 1757, "year_label": "1757 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – At Versailles in France, representatives of the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire enter into an alliance against Prussia, with each nation pledging 80,000 troops. Other clauses to the treaty, not disclosed to the public, commit Austria to pay Russia one million rubles per year during the war to pay for the expenses of 24,000 of the Russian troops, and two million rubles upon the conquest of Silesia (a Prussian province that had been seized from Austria in 1746).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370632620#January–March", "title": "1757", "revid": 1370632620, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – Battle of Burkersdorf: In his last major battle, Frederick defeats Marshal Daun in Silesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#July–September", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Siege of Schweidnitz in Silesia. Prussia takes the strategic fortress from Austria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#October–December", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}