{"slug": "alsace", "label": "Alsace", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1142", "qid": "Q1142", "description": "territorial community and former administrative region of France", "entries": 15, "years": 14, "span": [356, 1965], "span_label": ["356 CE", "1965 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "germany", "label": "Germany", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alemanni", "label": "Alemanni", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-peter-s-basilica", "label": "St. Peter's Basilica", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "king-of-italy", "label": "King of Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adelaide-of-italy", "label": "Adelaide of Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pepin-the-short", "label": "Pepin the Short", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-francia", "label": "East Francia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 356, "year_label": "356 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Brumath: Roman forces pursue Germanic warbands through the Gallic countryside. Julian wins an open battle near Brumath (Alsace).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369161915#Roman_Empire", "title": "356", "revid": 1369161915, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 366, "year_label": "366 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, and invade the Gallic provinces. They capture Alsace and a large part of the Swiss Plateau.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370006797#Roman_Empire", "title": "366", "revid": 1370006797, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II loses Alsace, Champagne and Thurgau to his elder brother Theudebert II of Austrasia. His Burgundian army is defeated east of the Jura Mountains against the Alemanni.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Europe", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 744, "year_label": "744 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Pepin the Short, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy, invades the Swabian Jura (southwestern Germany), and chases Theudebald, Duke of Alamannia, from his mountain redoubt in Alsace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305046877#Europe", "title": "744", "revid": 1305046877, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 843, "year_label": "843 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Treaty of Verdun: The Frankish Empire is divided into three kingdoms, between the three surviving sons of the late emperor Louis the Pious. King Louis the German receives the eastern portion (everything east of the River Rhine), called the Eastern Frankish Realm, which is the precursor to modern-day Germany. Emperor Lothair I receives the central portion (Low Countries, Alsace, Lorraine, Burgundy and the northern half of Italy), called the Central Frankish Realm. King Charles the Bald receives the western portion (everything west of the River Rhône), called the Western Frankish Realm, which later becomes France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941897#Europe", "title": "843", "revid": 1340941897, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 996, "year_label": "996 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – Otto III, 16, is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at St. Peter's Basilica, and claims also the title of King of Italy. His grandmother, Adelaide, retires to a convent she has founded at Seltz (Alsace). Otto puts down a Roman rebellion; a number of nobles (including Crescentius II) are banished for their crimes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261051#Europe", "title": "996", "revid": 1365261051, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1492, "year_label": "1492 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – The Ensisheim meteorite, a 127 kg meteorite, lands in a wheat field near the village of Ensisheim in Alsace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366150846#October—December", "title": "1492", "revid": 1366150846, "section": "Events › October—December"}}, {"year": 1634, "year_label": "1634 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9 – Treaty between the king and the Swedish Empire over Alsace; French garrisons replace the Swedish here.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737084#July–December", "title": "1634 in France", "revid": 1353737084, "section": "Events › July–December"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Establishment of the Hugel & Fils and Maison Trimbach wineries in Riquewihr, Alsace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737126#Undated", "title": "1639 in France", "revid": 1353737126, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Chambers of Reunion (French courts under Louis XIV) decide on the complete annexation of Alsace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#Date_unknown", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Chambers of Reunion (French courts under Louis XIV) decide on complete annexation of Alsace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737537#Events", "title": "1680 in France", "revid": 1353737537, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "A religious schism takes place in Switzerland, within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists led by Jakob Ammann. Those who follow Ammann become the Mennonite Amish sect.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343170745#Date_unknown", "title": "1693", "revid": 1343170745, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 10", "text": "May 10 – The Treaty of Frankfurt is signed, confirming the frontiers between Germany and France. The provinces of Alsace and Lorraine are transferred from France to Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#April–June", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – Battle of Mulhouse: France launches its first attack of the war, in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the province of Alsace from Germany, beginning the Battle of the Frontiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518346#August", "title": "1914", "revid": 1373518346, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1965, "year_label": "1965 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1875)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368843670#September", "title": "1965", "revid": 1368843670, "section": "Deaths › September"}}]}