{"slug": "western-sahara", "label": "Western Sahara", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Sahara", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6250", "qid": "Q6250", "description": "territory in North and West Africa", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1434, 2020], "span_label": ["1434 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mauritania", "label": "Mauritania", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1434, "year_label": "1434 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "August – Portuguese explorer Gil Eanes and his crew sail around the dangerous Cape Bojador of North Africa (off of Western Sahara) and survive, becoming the first Europeans to make the voyage and ending the legends about what lies on the other side of the \"Dark Sea\". The achievement is a breakthrough in trade between Europe and Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1335073150#July–September", "title": "1434", "revid": 1335073150, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#November", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – The Spanish Armed Forces withdraw from Western Sahara.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#February", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – The Polisario Front, Western Sahara's national liberation movement, declares independence of the territory under the name \"Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#February", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – The Polisario Front signs a peace treaty with Mauritania. Mauritania withdraws from the Western Sahara territory it had occupied, and cedes it to the SADR.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#August", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Western Sahara conflict: Morocco leaves the Organization of African Unity in protest at the admission of Western Sahara as a member.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#November", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – Western Sahara conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations. Simultaneously, the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#December", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › December"}}]}