{"slug": "bay-of-bengal", "label": "Bay of Bengal", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38684", "qid": "Q38684", "description": "part of the Indian Ocean between South and South East Asia", "entries": 14, "years": 12, "span": [1509, 2017], "span_label": ["1509 CE", "2017 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Gulf of Bengal"], "related": [{"slug": "bangladesh", "label": "Bangladesh", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "maratha-empire", "label": "Maratha Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burmese-calendar", "label": "Burmese calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-mrauk-u", "label": "Kingdom of Mrauk U", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mrauk-u", "label": "Mrauk U", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "napoleonic-wars", "label": "Napoleonic Wars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-indiaman", "label": "East Indiaman", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "french-revolutionary-wars", "label": "French Revolutionary Wars", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1509, "year_label": "1509 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Portuguese fidalgo Diogo Lopes de Sequeira becomes the first European to reach Malacca, having crossed the Gulf of Bengal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369335853#July–September", "title": "1509", "revid": 1369335853, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – (11th waning of Tawthalin 939 ME) Min Phalaung, King of Arakan in what is now northern Myanmar and southern Bangladesh on the Bay of Bengal, enters his new palace in dedication ceremonies at the capital at Mrauk U.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323001#July–September", "title": "1577", "revid": 1361323001, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1737, "year_label": "1737 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – At least 300,000 people are killed when a tropical cyclone strikes the Bay of Bengal in India and modern-day Bangladesh. The storm sends 12 m high waves over the Sundarbans delta, and overflows the Hooghly River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367176390#October–December", "title": "1737", "revid": 1367176390, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1762, "year_label": "1762 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "April 2", "text": "April 2 – A powerful earthquake along the border between modern-day Bangladesh and Myanmar causes a tsunami in the Bay of Bengal that kills at least 200 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806393#April–June", "title": "1762", "revid": 1340806393, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 17", "text": "17 February – Battle of Sadras (Anglo-French War (1778–1783)): A French fleet under the Baillie de Suffren clashes with the British in the Bay of Bengal", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738864#Events", "title": "1782 in France", "revid": 1353738864, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1799, "year_label": "1799 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – French Revolutionary Wars: Action of 28 February 1799 – British Royal Navy frigate HMS Sybille defeats the French frigate Forte off the mouth of the Hooghly River in the Bay of Bengal, but both captains are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370057226#January–March", "title": "1799", "revid": 1370057226, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Orissa, an area of India along the Bay of Bengal that comprises the modern-day Indian state of Odisha, is occupied by the British under the British East India Company, after the Second Anglo-Maratha War. 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