{"slug": "aden", "label": "Aden", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131694", "qid": "Q131694", "description": "port city and temporary capital of Yemen", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [54, 2020], "span_label": ["54 CE", "2020 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "yemen", "label": "Yemen", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "red-sea", "label": "Red Sea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ancient-rome", "label": "Ancient Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-navy", "label": "United States Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-qaeda", "label": "Al-Qaeda", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mamluk-sultanate", "label": "Mamluk Sultanate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "easter", "label": "Easter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-india", "label": "Portuguese India", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 54, "year_label": "54 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Under Nero, Rome annexes Aden to protect the maritime route between Alexandria and Asia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373339620#Arabia", "title": "50s", "revid": 1373339620, "section": "Events › 54 AD › Arabia"}}, {"year": 1513, "year_label": "1513 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – On Easter Sunday, Afonso de Albuquerque, Governor of Portuguese India, makes an unsuccessful attempt to capture the port city of Aden, on the Arabian Peninsula, from the Mamluk Sultanate, using 20 ships and 2,500 soldiers. The 1,700 Portuguese, along with 800 mercenaries from Malabar, lose at least 100 killed during the attack and retreat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363949569#January–March", "title": "1513", "revid": 1363949569, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1516, "year_label": "1516 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17 – Based in Kamaran, an island in the Red Sea, the Mamluk Egyptian Admiral Selman Reis leads of fleet 19 ships in an unsuccessful attempt to take Yemen and Aden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368315851#July–September", "title": "1516", "revid": 1368315851, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1547, "year_label": "1547 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – A fleet of 60 Ottoman Navy ships, commanded by Piri Reis, arrives at the port of Aden (now in Yemen) and captures the city in slightly more than three months, by February 26, 1548.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369359234#October–December", "title": "1547", "revid": 1369359234, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1548, "year_label": "1548 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Three ships from the Portuguese Navy arrive at the port of Aden to assist Mohammed bin Ali al-Tawlaki, who has been defending the city against an attack by the Ottoman Navy. The Portuguese ships are forced to retreat to Zeila in Somalia, where 120 survivors are captured and their ships are burned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656469#January–March", "title": "1548", "revid": 1366656469, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "East India Company forces capture Aden to provide a coaling station for ships en route to India, founding the Aden Colony", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362497494#Events", "title": "1839 in India", "revid": 1362497494, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire, to create a single unified Arab state spanning from Aleppo to Aden, is formally declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#June", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1950, "year_label": "1950 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 21", "text": "21 June – The port of Eilat on the Red Sea is inaugurated with the arrival a ship from Aden containing Torah scrolls and religious articles transferred from the Jewish community of Yemen to Israel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330937448#June", "title": "1950 in Israel", "revid": 1330937448, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – Lufthansa Flight 649 is hijacked and taken to Aden. Passengers are released the following day after a ransom of 5 million US dollars is agreed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#February", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – 1994 civil war in Yemen: Aden is occupied by troops from North Yemen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#July", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 12", "text": "October 12 – In Aden, Yemen, USS Cole is badly damaged by two Al-Qaeda suicide bombers, who place a small boat laden with explosives alongside the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#October", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Yemeni Civil War: The Southern Transitional Council (STC) announces the establishment of a self-rule administration in southern Yemen and deploys forces in Aden. Governors of multiple southern Yemeni Governorates and Socotra island reject the STC's claim to self-rule and declare their loyalty to President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. Months later on July 19, the STC accepts a Saudi-brokered peace deal and abandons its self-rule aspirations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#April", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › April"}}]}