{"slug": "the-bahamas", "label": "The Bahamas", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q778", "qid": "Q778", "description": "island sovereign state in the West Indies", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1492, 2019], "span_label": ["1492 CE", "2019 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Bahamas"], "related": [{"slug": "cuba", "label": "Cuba", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jamaica", "label": "Jamaica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-america", "label": "Central America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christopher-columbus", "label": "Christopher Columbus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-indies", "label": "East Indies", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "commonwealth-of-nations", "label": "Commonwealth of Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "loyalist-american-revolution", "label": "Loyalist (American Revolution)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – Believing he has reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus and his expedition of three ships make landfall in the Caribbean and land on the island of Guanahani, now part of the Bahamas. He names the island \"San Salvador\". Earlier in the day, sailor Rodrigo de Triana on the Pinta had become the first person to spot land. Because of his belief that he is in the East Indies, Columbus refers to the natives as \"indios\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#October—December", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › October—December"}}, {"year": 1783, "year_label": "1783 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Loyalists from New York settle Great Abaco in the Bahamas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370056030#Date_unknown", "title": "1783", "revid": 1370056030, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#July", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – MS Scandinavian Star, a Bahamas-registered ferry, catches fire en route from Norway to Denmark, leaving 158 dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#April", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – Hurricane Gordon hits Central America, Jamaica, Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti and the Southeastern United States, causing $594 million in damages and 1,152 fatalities.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#November", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas as the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, with sustained wind speeds of 185 mph. 43 deaths are reported.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#September", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1,300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#September", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › September"}}]}