{"slug": "guinea", "label": "Guinea", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006", "qid": "Q1006", "description": "sovereign state in West Africa", "entries": 16, "years": 16, "span": [1554, 2024], "span_label": ["1554 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "mali", "label": "Mali", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ghana", "label": "Ghana", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sierra-leone", "label": "Sierra Leone", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nato", "label": "NATO", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nigeria", "label": "Nigeria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "senegal", "label": "Senegal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cape-verde", "label": "Cape Verde", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – The John Lok expedition reaches Guinea, anchoring at the Sesto River and remains for seven days to begin trading.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#October–December", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1555, "year_label": "1555 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "English captain John Lok returns from Guinea, with five Africans to train as interpreters for future trading voyages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561106#Date_unknown", "title": "1555", "revid": 1369561106, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1633, "year_label": "1633 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 24", "text": "June 24 – The Compagnie normande (compagnie Rozée) obtains a 1-year monopoly of trade with Cape Verde, Senegal, The Gambia and (from 14 January 1634) Guinea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737072#Events", "title": "1633 in France", "revid": 1353737072, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Robert Holmes's second African expedition to the Guinea coast captures Dutch forts and ships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372941052#Undated", "title": "1664 in England", "revid": 1372941052, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1882, "year_label": "1882 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 is signed, marking territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360586433#June", "title": "1882", "revid": 1360586433, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Following a four-day conference in Casablanca, five African chiefs of state announce plans for a NATO-type African organization to ensure common defense. The Charter of Casablanca involves the Casablanca Group: Morocco, the United Arab Republic, Ghana, Guinea, and Mali.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#January", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1970, "year_label": "1970 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 22", "text": "November 22 – Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry. The Guinean army repels the landing attempts over the next three days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370420699#November", "title": "1970", "revid": 1370420699, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – The Guinean government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November 1970; 72 are sentenced to hard labor for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#January", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 1", "text": "July 1 – A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet, en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea, crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains of Guinea, killing all 23 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#July", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone send peacekeepers to intervene in the First Liberian Civil War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#August", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – A military coup d'état deposes the government of Guinea shortly after the death of longtime President Lansana Conté.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#December", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "January 21", "text": "21 January - Jammeh reportedly leaves the Gambia for a plane to Guinea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1255670338#January", "title": "2017 in the Gambia", "revid": 1255670338, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 2", "text": "2 March – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1258392209#Events", "title": "2021 in Nicaragua", "revid": 1258392209, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The United States cuts off Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali from the African Growth and Opportunity Act trade preference program citing their human rights abuses and anti-democratic actions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245934868#Events", "title": "2022 in Guinea", "revid": 1245934868, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 4", "text": "4 November – Guinean commando forces forcefully remove former president Moussa Dadis Camara and several other officials from a central prison in Conakry amid gunfire. Camara is later taken back into police custody shortly after the alleged kidnapping attempt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1245934864#Events", "title": "2023 in Guinea", "revid": 1245934864, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – Moussa Dadis Camara, the former military ruler of Guinea, is found guilty of crimes against humanity in the massacres that occurred in 2009 and is sentenced to twenty years in prison by a Guinean court.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#July", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › July"}}]}