{"slug": "cameroon", "label": "Cameroon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1009", "qid": "Q1009", "description": "sovereign state in West-Central Africa", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1472, 2022], "span_label": ["1472 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-portugal", "label": "Kingdom of Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "africa", "label": "Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "history-of-slavery", "label": "History of slavery", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sudan", "label": "Sudan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "somalia", "label": "Somalia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gabon", "label": "Gabon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "central-african-republic", "label": "Central African Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nigeria", "label": "Nigeria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "international-court-of-justice", "label": "International Court of Justice", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1472, "year_label": "1472 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "An extensive slave trade begins in modern Cameroon as the Portuguese sail up the Wouri River and Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251690#Undated", "title": "1472", "revid": 1365251690, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1884, "year_label": "1884 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 14", "text": "July 14 – German administration is established in Cameroon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364372487#July", "title": "1884", "revid": 1364372487, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Unification Day (Cameroon): The formerly British Southern Cameroons gains independence from the United Kingdom by vote of the UN General Assembly and joins with formerly French Cameroun to form the Federal Republic of Cameroon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#October", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Cameroon closes its airports and harbours to both Portugal and South Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353716212", "title": "1963 in South Africa", "revid": 1353716212, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – Paul Biya becomes the second president of Cameroon following the resignation of Ahmadou Ahidjo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#November", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – The Lake Nyos disaster, a limnic eruption, occurs in Cameroon, killing nearly 2,000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373510075#August", "title": "1986", "revid": 1373510075, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – A hybrid solar eclipse is the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. It is annular visible in southern Argentina, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan (part of the path of annularity crossed today's South Sudan), Ethiopia, Djibouti and northern Somalia and totally visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#March", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 10", "text": "October 10 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Nigeria in favor of Cameroon over the disputed oil-rich Bakassi peninsula territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361615404#October", "title": "2002 in Nigeria", "revid": 1361615404, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 30", "text": "August 30 – At least five people are killed and 275 injured in a train crash near Yaoundé, Cameroon. (BBC) (Press TV)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#August", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – February 6 – The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations is held in Cameroon, with Senegal winning their first championship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#January", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › January"}}]}