{"slug": "soissons", "label": "Soissons", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soissons", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167152", "qid": "Q167152", "description": "commune in Aisne, France", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [486, 1972], "span_label": ["486 CE", "1972 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "paris", "label": "Paris", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-the-simple", "label": "Charles the Simple", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "laon", "label": "Laon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "west-francia", "label": "West Francia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "charles-martel", "label": "Charles Martel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gibraltar", "label": "Gibraltar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "menorca", "label": "Menorca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 486, "year_label": "486 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Clovis I establishes his new residence at Soissons. He appoints Ragnachar, Frankish petty king (regulus), as his deputy ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340789363#Europe", "title": "486", "revid": 1340789363, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 557, "year_label": "557 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Chlothar I of the Franks founds the Abbey of St. Medard at Soissons (Northern France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800259#Religion", "title": "557", "revid": 1340800259, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 584, "year_label": "584 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chilperic I, king of Neustria (or Soissons)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754048#Deaths", "title": "584", "revid": 1364754048, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 718, "year_label": "718 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Soissons: King Chilperic II of Neustria and his mayor of the palace Ragenfrid, allied with Eudes, independent duke of Aquitaine, march on Soissons in Picardy (northern France) but an army of Frankish veterans under Charles Martel defeat the Neustrian allies, who sue for peace. Chilperic flees to the land south of the River Loire and Ragenfrid escapes to Angers. Charles diplomatically chooses not to execute the enemy leaders, and becomes undisputed dux Francorum, ending the Frankish civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661186#Western_Europe", "title": "718", "revid": 1367661186, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 751, "year_label": "751 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "November", "text": "November – Pepin the Short, youngest son of Charles Martel, forces the last Merovingian king Childeric III to retire to the monastery of Saint-Bertin. He proclaims himself as king of the Franks with the support of Pope Zachary, and is crowned at Soissons by Boniface, bishop of Mainz, becoming, as Pepin III, the first Carolingian monarch of the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809785#Europe", "title": "751", "revid": 1340809785, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 851, "year_label": "851 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September", "text": "September – King Pepin II of Aquitaine is captured by the forces of Count Sans II Sancion, and handed over to Charles the Bald. He is detained in the monastery of Saint Medard in Soissons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267073715#Europe", "title": "851", "revid": 1267073715, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I is killed; the Frankish army, led by Charles the Simple, is defeated and routed near Soissons. Charles is captured and imprisoned at Péronne. The nobles elect Robert's son-in-law Rudolph, duke of Burgundy, as king of the West Frankish Kingdom (until 936).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Europe", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 936, "year_label": "936 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 19", "text": "June 19 – At Laon, Louis IV, the 14-year old son of the late King Charles the Simple, is crowned King of West Francia after being recalled from Wessex by Hugh the Great, count of Paris. Hugh, whose father, King Robert I, was killed in battle near Soissons in 923, is given the title Duke of the Franks and becomes the second most powerful man in the West Frankish Kingdom. The crowning of Louis IV follows the death of King Rudolph I at Auxerre earlier in the year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512077#Europe", "title": "936", "revid": 1341512077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 977, "year_label": "977 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Otto II invades the West Frankish Kingdom accompanied by Charles and ravages the cities of Reims, Soissons (where he halts at the Abbey of Saint Médard for devotions) and Laon. Lothair III escapes and flees to Paris, where he is besieged by imperial forces. Charles is proclaimed 'King of the Franks' by Dietrich I, bishop of Metz, at Laon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341908323#Europe", "title": "977", "revid": 1341908323, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1121, "year_label": "1121 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Peter Abelard, a French theologian and philosopher, is condemned and charged with the heresy of Sabellius in a synod at Soissons. Abelard writes Sic et Non.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362154597#Religion", "title": "1121", "revid": 1362154597, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1201, "year_label": "1201 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – Count Theobald III of Champagne suddenly dies and is replaced by Boniface I, marquis of Montferrat, as leader of the Fourth Crusade. He travels to France, where he meets his chief colleagues at Soissons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364405568#Europe", "title": "1201", "revid": 1364405568, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – The Congress of Soissons opens at the French town of Soissons to negotiate a treaty between Great Britain and Spain. The treaty, which is concluded on November 9, 1729, recognizes the Spanish royal family's rule of parts of Italy, and Britain's possession of Gibraltar and Menorca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#April–June", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – 108 die as two passenger trains hit the debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near Soissons, France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#June", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › June"}}]}