{"slug": "st-petersburg", "label": "St. Petersburg", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1761, 1991], "span_label": ["1761 CE", "1991 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "society-of-jesus", "label": "Society of Jesus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tsar", "label": "Tsar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-i-of-russia", "label": "Alexander I of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexander-ii-of-russia", "label": "Alexander II of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vladimir-lenin", "label": "Vladimir Lenin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "communist-party-of-the-soviet-union", "label": "Communist Party of the Soviet Union", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1761, "year_label": "1761 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – (May 26 old style); A transit of Venus occurs, and is observed from 120 locations around the Earth. In his observations by telescope at St. Petersburg, Mikhail Lomonosov notes a ring of light around the planet's silhouette as it begins the transit, and becomes the first astronomer to discover that the planet Venus has an atmosphere.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369831762#April–June", "title": "1761", "revid": 1369831762, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1816, "year_label": "1816 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – (December 25, 1815 on the Russian Julian calendar): Tsar Alexander I of Russia signs an order, expelling the Jesuits from St. Petersburg and Moscow.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363267979#January–March", "title": "1816", "revid": 1363267979, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1866, "year_label": "1866 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of St Petersburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829327#April", "title": "1866", "revid": 1368829327, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Servillia premieres in St. Petersburg", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#October", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1917, "year_label": "1917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – (N.S.) (October 25, O.S.) – October Revolution in Russia: The workers of the Petrograd Soviet in Russia, led by the Bolshevik Party and leader Vladimir Lenin, storm the Winter Palace and successfully destroy the Kerensky Provisional Government after less than eight months of rule. This immediately triggers the Russian Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519608#November", "title": "1917", "revid": 1373519608, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Sverdlovsk's name is restored to its pre-communist–era name Yekaterinburg. Two days later, Leningrad is renamed St. Petersburg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#September", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › September"}}]}