{"slug": "faroe-islands", "label": "Faroe Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroe_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4628", "qid": "Q4628", "description": "North Atlantic archipelago organized as an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [815, 1906], "span_label": ["815 CE", "1906 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Faroes"], "related": [{"slug": "iceland", "label": "Iceland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "greenland", "label": "Greenland", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "shetland", "label": "Shetland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "orkney", "label": "Orkney", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kalmar-union", "label": "Kalmar Union", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "denmarknorway", "label": "Denmark–Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "margaret-i-of-denmark", "label": "Margaret I of Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "erik-of-pomerania", "label": "Erik of Pomerania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kalmar", "label": "Kalmar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 815, "year_label": "815 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson sets out from the Faroe Islands and discovers Iceland (documented later in the Landnámabók) (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348647036#Europe", "title": "815", "revid": 1348647036, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 825, "year_label": "825 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Grímur Kamban becomes the first man to set foot in the Faroe Islands, and settles down in Funningur, on the northwest coast of Eysturoy (beginning the Norwegian Viking era on the islands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941320#Europe", "title": "825", "revid": 1340941320, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 999, "year_label": "999 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Sigmundur Brestisson, a Viking chieftain, introduces Christianity in the Faroe Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468443#Religion", "title": "AD 999", "revid": 1364468443, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1100, "year_label": "1100 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Diocese of Faroe is founded (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365265768#Religion", "title": "1100", "revid": 1365265768, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1391, "year_label": "1391 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, takes control of the Shetland Islands and the Faroe Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365430899#Date_unknown", "title": "1391", "revid": 1365430899, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – Queen Margaret I of Denmark, Norway and Sweden publishes the Treaty of Kalmar, proposing the personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#April–June", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1397, "year_label": "1397 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Erik of Pomerania is crowned in Kalmar (Sweden) as ruler of the Kalmar Union, a personal union of the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway (with Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Shetland and Orkney) and Sweden (including Finland and Åland) engineered by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, his great-aunt and adoptive mother, who retains de facto power in the realm.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363907908#April–June", "title": "1397", "revid": 1363907908, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1655, "year_label": "1655 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Frederick III of Denmark-Norway gives control of the Faroe Islands to Christoffer Gabel and his son, which will last until 1709.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365983750#Date_unknown", "title": "1655", "revid": 1365983750, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1724, "year_label": "1724 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Faroe Islands detach from rule of Denmark–Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341993676#Undated", "title": "1724 in Denmark", "revid": 1341993676, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1813, "year_label": "1813 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The kingdoms of Denmark and Norway were separated by the Treaty of Kiel in 1814 following the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark kept Iceland, as well as Faroe and Greenland, as dependencies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330929934#Events", "title": "1813 in Iceland", "revid": 1330929934, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1814, "year_label": "1814 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland becomes a part of Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360698214#Events", "title": "1814 in Denmark", "revid": 1360698214, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1828, "year_label": "1828 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – Ornithologist Carl Julian (von) Graba lands in the little-studied Faroe Islands for a three-month visit to research the bird life.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371323922#April–June", "title": "1828", "revid": 1371323922, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1906, "year_label": "1906 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "A submarine telegraph cable was laid by the Great Northern Telegraph Co. from Scotland through the Faroe Islands to Iceland, where it came ashore on the east coast at Seyðisfjörður. In conjunction a telegraph and telephone line, was laid from the landing point to the capital city Reykjavík. This established Síminn (originally Landssími Íslands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245998246#Events", "title": "1906 in Iceland", "revid": 1245998246, "section": "Events"}}]}