{"slug": "falkland-islands", "label": "Falkland Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9648", "qid": "Q9648", "description": "archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, and a British Overseas Territory, disputed by Argentina", "entries": 16, "years": 14, "span": [1592, 2006], "span_label": ["1592 CE", "2006 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Falklands Islands"], "related": [{"slug": "argentina", "label": "Argentina", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-kingdom", "label": "United Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "spanish-empire", "label": "Spanish Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "buenos-aires", "label": "Buenos Aires", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "president-of-argentina", "label": "President of Argentina", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1592, "year_label": "1592 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 9", "text": "August 9 – English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, probably discovers the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362477183#July–September", "title": "1592", "revid": 1362477183, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 2", "text": "February 2 – England's Admiral Richard Hawkins and the crew of the ship HMS Dainty become the first Europeans to see the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#January–March", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1600, "year_label": "1600 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Sebald de Weert makes the first recorded sighting of the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360196741#January–March", "title": "1600", "revid": 1360196741, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 27", "text": "January 27 – The crew of the ship HMS Welfare, commanded by John Strong, become the first European people to land at the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#January–March", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – The kingdom of France formally cedes its rights to the Malouines Islands to Spain. On March 24, Spain renames the islands the Malvinas, and in 1833, the United Kingdom re-colonises the recently abandoned territory and renames it the Falkland Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#October–December", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1767, "year_label": "1767 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – Spain acquires control of what are now called the Falkland Islands from France, compensating French Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville for the money spent on the construction of the settlement at Fort Saint Louis. The islands, named les Îles Malouines by the French, are renamed las Islas Malvinas by the Spanish, and Fort Saint Louis is renamed as Puerto Soledad. In 1816, Argentina declares independence from Spain and takes the Malvinas; and in 1833, Britain's Royal Navy captures the islands from the Argentines and renames them the Falklands, and renames Puerto Soledad as Port Louis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587024#January–March", "title": "1767", "revid": 1365587024, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1767, "year_label": "1767 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 24", "text": "24 March – Spain acquires control of the Falkland Islands (les Îles Malouines) from France, compensating Admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville for the money spent on the construction of the settlement at Fort Saint Louis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353738658#Events", "title": "1767 in France", "revid": 1353738658, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Falklands Crisis (1770): Some 1,600 Spanish marines, sent by the Spanish governor of Buenos Aires in five frigates, seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands. The small British force present promptly surrenders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368310921#April–June", "title": "1770", "revid": 1368310921, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1770, "year_label": "1770 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 9", "text": "9 June – Spanish troops seize Port Egmont in the Falkland Islands triggering the Falklands Crisis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374050841#Events", "title": "1770 in Great Britain", "revid": 1374050841, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1771, "year_label": "1771 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 22", "text": "22 January – Spain cedes the Falkland Islands to Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374050908#Events", "title": "1771 in Great Britain", "revid": 1374050908, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1833, "year_label": "1833 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – The United Kingdom reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983797#January–March", "title": "1833", "revid": 1369983797, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1982, "year_label": "1982 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Argentine scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the flag of Argentina on South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, two British overseas territories.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373279023#March", "title": "1982", "revid": 1373279023, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín terminates Argentine administration of the Falkland Islands but does not relinquish Argentina's claim to the islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#May", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1986, "year_label": "1986 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 28", "text": "28 May: The Mantilla-class patrol vessel PNA Prefecto Derbes of the Prefectura Naval Argentina, set fire and sink the Taiwanese-flagged trawler Chian-der 3 at a location 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) outside the United Kingdom's Total Exclusion Zone, which covers a circle of 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) from the centre of the Falklands Islands. Two Taiwanese fishermen are killed, while four others are injured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287520666#May", "title": "1986 in Argentina", "revid": 1287520666, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – The United Kingdom and Argentina restore diplomatic relations after 8 years. The UK had severed ties in response to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, a British Dependent Territory, in 1982.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#February", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July", "text": "The Argentine government calls the UK's decision to grant broad 25-year fishing licenses to Falklanders \"illicit and unilateral\", since the area is \"subject to a sovereignty controversy\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368820972#July", "title": "2006 in Argentina", "revid": 1368820972, "section": "Events › July"}}]}