{"slug": "vilnius", "label": "Vilnius", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilnius", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216", "qid": "Q216", "description": "capital and largest city of Lithuania", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [1323, 2009], "span_label": ["1323 CE", "2009 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lithuania", "label": "Lithuania", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "grand-duchy-of-lithuania", "label": "Grand Duchy of Lithuania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "teutonic-knights", "label": "Teutonic Knights", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-iv-of-england", "label": "Henry IV of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vytautas", "label": "Vytautas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "paraguay", "label": "Paraguay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wadysaw-ii-jagieo", "label": "Władysław II Jagiełło", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-urban-vi", "label": "Pope Urban VI", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1323, "year_label": "1323 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 25", "text": "January 25 – Vilnius, now the capital of Lithuania is first mentioned as a city, when the second of the Letters of Grand Duke Gediminas of the Duchy of Lithuania are sent to German cities inviting German Jews and other Germans to resettle in the city of \"Vilna\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018212#January_–_March", "title": "1323", "revid": 1332018212, "section": "Events › January – March"}}, {"year": 1330, "year_label": "1330 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Vilnius, Lithuania receives its coat-of-arms, granted to the city in the seventh year of its existence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350440644#January–December", "title": "1330", "revid": 1350440644, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1388, "year_label": "1388 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – Pope Urban VI issues a papal bull permitting the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, to establish a cathedral, acknowledging that pagan objects have been discarded and that Christianity has come to the Baltic nation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360557860#January–March", "title": "1388", "revid": 1360557860, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1390, "year_label": "1390 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Lithuanian Civil War: The coalition of Vytautas and the Teutonic Knights begins a 5-week siege of Vilnius. 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