{"slug": "suriname", "label": "Suriname", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q730", "qid": "Q730", "description": "country in South America", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1630, 1980], "span_label": ["1630 CE", "1980 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [], "items": [{"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Paramaribo (in modern-day Suriname) is first settled by the English.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#Date_unknown", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The first Maroon community arises in Suriname.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#Date_unknown", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1827, "year_label": "1827 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao completes the first transatlantic crossing by steam, arriving in Paramaribo in Dutch Guiana (now Suriname) four weeks after its April 26 departure from the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362794712#April–June", "title": "1827", "revid": 1362794712, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – Slavery is abolished in the Dutch colonies of Suriname (independent from 1975) and Curaçao and Dependencies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#July", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Suriname gains independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#November", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – A coup in Suriname ousts the government of Henck Arron; leaders Dési Bouterse and Roy Horb replace it with a National Military Council.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#February", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › February"}}]}