{"slug": "tortosa", "label": "Tortosa", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortosa", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12812", "qid": "Q12812", "description": "municipality of Tarragona, Spain", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-214, 1522], "span_label": ["215 BCE", "1522 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Dertosa"], "related": [{"slug": "ramon-berenguer-iv-of-barcelona", "label": "Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "catalonia", "label": "Catalonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zaragoza", "label": "Zaragoza", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-usurper", "label": "Roman usurper", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hannibal", "label": "Hannibal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ebro", "label": "Ebro", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gnaeus-cornelius-scipio-calvus", "label": "Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hasdrubal-barca", "label": "Hasdrubal Barca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "publius-cornelius-scipio-consul-218-bc", "label": "Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-genoa", "label": "Republic of Genoa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -214, "year_label": "215 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Carthaginian general, Hannibal, is denied any reinforcements from Spain for his forces now based in Italy by the activities of the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus, who, in a battle at Dertosa near the Ebro River effectively stop the Carthaginian general, Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337286145#Spain", "title": "215 BC", "revid": 1337286145, "section": "Events › By place › Spain"}}, {"year": 506, "year_label": "506 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Visigoths capture the city of Dertosa in Catalonia. They arrest and execute the Roman usurper Peter, sending his head as a trophy to Zaragoza (Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364757912#Europe", "title": "506", "revid": 1364757912, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1148, "year_label": "1148 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Siege of Tortosa: A multinational force under Ramon Berenguer IV besieges the Almoravid city of Tortosa. After a 7-month siege the garrison surrenders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362156256#Europe", "title": "1148", "revid": 1362156256, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1153, "year_label": "1153 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Confronted with important financial difficulty due to the expenses of the Spanish crusade, the Republic of Genoa has to sell a third of the city of Tortosa (which they had conquered in 1148 during an expedition against the Almoravids) to Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369184506#Europe", "title": "1153", "revid": 1369184506, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1237, "year_label": "1237 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Battle of the Puig: Aragonese forces under Bernat Guillem de Montpeller defeat the Muslim army (some 12,000 men) of the Taifa of Valencia at El Puig. The Almohad forces are routed, and many of the soldiers are slain in the action. Zayyan ibn Mardanish, Almohad ruler and governor of Valencia, is forced to go into exile to Tunisia, while offering the surrender of all castles from the Turia River to Tortosa and Teruel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300110077#Europe", "title": "1237", "revid": 1300110077, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1522, "year_label": "1522 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – The papal conclave to elect a successor to the late Pope Leo X is concluded as cardinal Adriaan Florensz Boeyens of the Netherlands, regent of Spain and bishop of Tortosa, is selected as a compromise candidate despite being absent from the proceedings. Cardinal Boeyens is proclaimed as Pope Adrian VI, the 218th pope and the last non-Italian pontiff for the next 450 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372799978#January–March", "title": "1522", "revid": 1372799978, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}