{"slug": "lesbos", "label": "Lesbos", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbos", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q128087", "qid": "Q128087", "description": "Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [-619, 1462], "span_label": ["620 BCE", "1462 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Lesbos Island"], "related": [{"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "aristotle", "label": "Aristotle", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "samos", "label": "Samos", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sparta", "label": "Sparta", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mytilene", "label": "Mytilene", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ancient-greece", "label": "Ancient Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "theophrastus", "label": "Theophrastus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hagia-sophia", "label": "Hagia Sophia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "patrician-ancient-rome", "label": "Patrician (ancient Rome)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "irene-of-athens", "label": "Irene of Athens", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -619, "year_label": "620 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Alcaeus of Mytilene, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510280#Births", "title": "620 BC", "revid": 1370510280, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -619, "year_label": "620 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sappho, Greek lyric poet from Lesbos Island (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510280#Births", "title": "620 BC", "revid": 1370510280, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -493, "year_label": "494 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Having successfully captured several of the revolting Greek city-states, the Persians under Artaphernes lay siege to Miletus. The decisive Battle of Lade is fought at the island of Lade, near Miletus' port. Although out-numbered, the Greek fleet appears to be winning the battle until the ships from Samos and Lesbos retreat. The sudden defection turns the tide of battle, and the remaining Greek fleet is completely destroyed. Miletus surrenders shortly thereafter, and the Ionian Revolt comes to an end.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362845788#Persian_empire", "title": "494 BC", "revid": 1362845788, "section": "Events › By place › Persian empire"}}, {"year": -427, "year_label": "428 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The chief city of Lesbos, Mytilene, revolts against Athenian rule. The Spartan admiral, Alcidas, leads 40 Peloponnesian alliance ships with the aim of assisting the inhabitants of Mytilene. However, the rebellion by Mytilene is crushed before his forces can arrive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1151725633#Greece", "title": "428 BC", "revid": 1151725633, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -405, "year_label": "406 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Callicratidas is appointed as the navarch of the Spartan fleet, replacing Lysander. Callicratidas assembles a fleet and sails to Methymna, on Lesbos, to which he lays siege. This move threatens the Athenian grain supply.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350128825#Greece", "title": "406 BC", "revid": 1350128825, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -387, "year_label": "388 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Athenian general, Thrasybulus, sails to Lesbos, where, with the support of the Mytileneans, he defeats the Spartan forces on the island and wins over a number of cities. While still on Lesbos, however, Thrasybulus is killed by raiders from the city of Aspendus where his financial exactions have made him unpopular.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1210249612#Greece", "title": "388 BC", "revid": 1210249612, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": -369, "year_label": "370 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school (d. c. 285 BC) Chanakya", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1274974189#Births", "title": "370 BC", "revid": 1274974189, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -343, "year_label": "344 BCE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle, travels from Assus to Lesbos to study natural history, especially marine biology.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172872#Science", "title": "344 BC", "revid": 1354172872, "section": "Events › By topic › Science"}}, {"year": -284, "year_label": "285 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, a native of Eressos in Lesbos, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school (b. c. 370 BC). 288 B.C. is also given as a potential date of death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370920977#Deaths", "title": "285 BC", "revid": 1370920977, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 802, "year_label": "802 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 31", "text": "October 31 – Empress Irene is deposed after a 5-year reign, and banished to Lesbos. High-ranking patricians place Nikephoros, the minister of finance (logothetes tou genikou), on the throne. He is crowned in the Hagia Sophia at Constantinople, by Patriarch Tarasios, as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848783#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "802", "revid": 1340848783, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1125, "year_label": "1125 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Republic of Venice pillages the islands of Rhodes, ravages Samos and Lesbos, and occupies Chios (controlled by the Byzantine Empire). The Republic of Florence sacks and conquers the neighboring independent republic of Fiesole in Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270881#Europe", "title": "1125", "revid": 1365270881, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1384, "year_label": "1384 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – An earthquake strikes the island of Lesbos in Greece, killing numerous people including the Genoan Lord of Lesbos, Francesco I Gattilusio, along with his two eldest sons, Andronico and Domenico. His son Jacopo Gattiliuso survives and rules the island under the name Francesco II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369176313#July–September", "title": "1384", "revid": 1369176313, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1462, "year_label": "1462 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquers the Greek island of Lesbos after a 14-day attack by sea and by land with over 20,000 troops, capturing the last fortress in the siege of Mytilene.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359849875#July–September", "title": "1462", "revid": 1359849875, "section": "Events › July–September"}}]}