{"slug": "timor", "label": "Timor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83067", "qid": "Q83067", "description": "island bordering the south of maritime Southeast Asia and the north of the Australian continental plate", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1512, 2021], "span_label": ["1512 CE", "2021 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "indonesia", "label": "Indonesia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-east-india-company", "label": "Dutch East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-people", "label": "Portuguese people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "António de Abreu discovers Timor Island, and reaches the Banda Islands, Ambon Island and Seram.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#Date_unknown", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1515, "year_label": "1515 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Portuguese are the first Europeans to land in Timor island, as the first settlers arrive to the north coast of Madeira Island, there establishing Saint George.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362498078#Date_unknown", "title": "1515", "revid": 1362498078, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1749, "year_label": "1749 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 9", "text": "November 9 – Battle of Penfui on Timor: A large Topass army is defeated by a numerically inferior Dutch East India Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360727483#October–December", "title": "1749", "revid": 1360727483, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1789, "year_label": "1789 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 14", "text": "July 14 – Survivors of the mutiny on the Bounty, including Captain William Bligh and 18 others, reach Timor after a nearly 4000 mi km journey in an open boat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818853#July–September", "title": "1789", "revid": 1368818853, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1859, "year_label": "1859 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The island of Timor is divided between Portugal and the Netherlands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371179353#Date_unknown", "title": "1859", "revid": 1371179353, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 4", "text": "April 4 – More than 270 people are killed in Indonesia and East Timor after Cyclone Seroja strikes East Nusa Tenggara and the island of Timor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#April", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › April"}}]}