{"slug": "baku", "label": "Baku", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9248", "qid": "Q9248", "description": "capital of Azerbaijan", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1723, 2024], "span_label": ["1723 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "azerbaijan", "label": "Azerbaijan", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "soviet-union", "label": "Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mikhail-gorbachev", "label": "Mikhail Gorbachev", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "general-secretary-of-the-communist-party-of-the-soviet-union", "label": "General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "azerbaijan-soviet-socialist-republic", "label": "Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bolsheviks", "label": "Bolsheviks", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1723, "year_label": "1723 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Russo-Persian War: Baku surrenders to the Russians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350255771#April–June", "title": "1723", "revid": 1350255771, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1918, "year_label": "1918 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 30", "text": "March 30 – March Days: Bolshevik and Armenian Revolutionary Federation forces suppress a Muslim revolt in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in up to 30,000 deaths.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#March", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Cold War: Black January – Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, under the state of emergency decree issued by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, and kill over 130 protesters who were demonstrating for independence. The Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic declares its independence from the USSR.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#January", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2000, "year_label": "2000 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 23", "text": "August 23 – The state funeral of Abulfaz Elchibey, the second President of Azerbaijan, takes place in Baku.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371541477#August", "title": "2000", "revid": 1371541477, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29: Ten people are trapped alive in a collapsed apartment building in Baku, Azerbaijan with at least twelve people having died.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324676412#August", "title": "2007 in Azerbaijan", "revid": 1324676412, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29: The UK embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, is closed as a precaution after a terrorist attack in the city is prevented. The US embassy also closes its doors after the Azerbaijan Government reports of the thwarting of a \"large-scale, horrifying terror attack.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324676412#October", "title": "2007 in Azerbaijan", "revid": 1324676412, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – A monument to Meshadi Azizbekov in Baku was dismantled. Another monument to Prokopius Dzhaparidze in the capital was permanently removed shortly after.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292933670#April", "title": "2009 in Azerbaijan", "revid": 1292933670, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 - The opening of monumental complex to 20 January in Baku.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1241469821#January", "title": "2010 in Azerbaijan", "revid": 1241469821, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 22", "text": "May 22–26 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 takes place in Baku, Azerbaijan, and is won by Swedish entrant Loreen with the song \"Euphoria\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#May", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12–28 – The inaugural European Games are held in Baku, Azerbaijan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#June", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11–22 – COP29 is held in Baku, Azerbaijan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#November", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › November"}}]}