{"slug": "tagus", "label": "Tagus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagus", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14294", "qid": "Q14294", "description": "longest river in the Iberian Peninsula", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [-219, 1650], "span_label": ["220 BCE", "1650 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "almoravid-dynasty", "label": "Almoravid dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alfonso-vi-of-leon-and-castile", "label": "Alfonso VI of León and Castile", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-castile", "label": "Kingdom of Castile", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "july", "label": "July", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "seville", "label": "Seville", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "badajoz", "label": "Badajoz", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "english-channel", "label": "English Channel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prince-rupert-of-the-rhine", "label": "Prince Rupert of the Rhine", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -219, "year_label": "220 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "On his return home, laden with many spoils, a coalition of Hispanic tribes, led by the Carpetani, attack his army at the river Tagus, here Hannibal wins his first independent victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598324#Iberian_Peninsula", "title": "220 BC", "revid": 1360598324, "section": "Events › By place › Iberian Peninsula"}}, {"year": 104, "year_label": "104 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Trajan gives the order to have the Alcántara Bridge, constructed by the architect Lacer, built over the Tagus River at Alcántara (Hispania).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186542#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 104", "revid": 1371186542, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 1085, "year_label": "1085 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – King Alfonso VI of León and Castile (\"the Brave\") recaptures Toledo from the Moors, and occupies other cities such as Madrid and Talavera (including the castle of Aledo). Alfonso moves his capital to Toledo, and consolidates his power between Sistema Central and the Tagus River, from where he launches more attacks against the taifas of Córdoba, Seville, Badajoz and Granada (modern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362159073#Europe", "title": "1085", "revid": 1362159073, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1091, "year_label": "1091 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July", "text": "July – The Abbadid dynasty ruling in Al-Andalus (modern Spain) falls when Almoravid forces storm Seville. Confronted with this threat, Emir Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Aftas of Badajoz obtains the support of King Alfonso VI (\"the Brave\") of Castile, in exchange for the Moorish positions on the river Tagus (Sintra, Santarém and Lisbon).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267069429#Europe", "title": "1091", "revid": 1267069429, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1161, "year_label": "1161 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An Almoravid offensive against the Kingdom of Portugal reaches the city of Almada, located on the Tagus river.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300116018#Europe", "title": "1161", "revid": 1300116018, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1588, "year_label": "1588 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from the Tagus estuary, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sedonia and Juan Martínez de Recalde, heading for the English Channel (it will take until May 30 for all of the ships to leave port).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362479687#April–June", "title": "1588", "revid": 1362479687, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1650, "year_label": "1650 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Commonwealth of England's navy Robert Blake blockades a surviving English Royalist fleet commanded by Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the Tagus estuary at Lisbon. Rupert breaks out on October 12.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373388330#January–March", "title": "1650", "revid": 1373388330, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}