{"slug": "nicosia", "label": "Nicosia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicosia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3856", "qid": "Q3856", "description": "capital of Cyprus", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1191, 2008], "span_label": ["1191 CE", "2008 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "cyprus", "label": "Cyprus", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-cyprus", "label": "Kingdom of Cyprus", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "republic-of-genoa", "label": "Republic of Genoa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "henry-i-of-cyprus", "label": "Henry I of Cyprus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "james-ii-of-aragon", "label": "James II of Aragon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1191, "year_label": "1191 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 – A Crusader force led by Richard I defeats the Byzantine army near the village of Tremithus. Isaac Komnenos flees from the battlefield to Kantara. Richard captures Isaac's banner and hunts down the remnants of his army. At Nicosia Richard becomes ill; Guy of Lusignan in command of Richard's forces, marches on Kyrenia and captures it, taking the empress and her child prisoner. Isaac is taken before Richard (in chains of silver) and accepts an unconditional surrender. Richard places garrisons in the towns and castles, and appoints Richard de Camville as governor of Cyprus, jointly with Robert of Thornham.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362170549#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1191", "revid": 1362170549, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1225, "year_label": "1225 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The 8-year-old Henry I (the Fat) is crowned as king of Cyprus in the Cathedral of Saint Sophia at Nicosia. His uncle Philip of Ibelin orders the coronation, so that when Henry comes of age at fifteen a regency could not be prolonged on the ground that he is not yet crowned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1333322984#Levant", "title": "1225", "revid": 1333322984, "section": "Events › By place › Levant"}}, {"year": 1315, "year_label": "1315 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – King James II of Aragon is married by proxy to Marie of Lusignan, daughter of King Hugh III of Cyprus, at a ceremony attended by James's representative at Nicosia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1332018303#April_–_June", "title": "1315", "revid": 1332018303, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1324, "year_label": "1324 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 15", "text": "April 15 – The coronation of King Hugh IV of Cyprus, nephew of the late King Henry II, takes place at the Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Nicosia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303312513#April_–_June", "title": "1324", "revid": 1303312513, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1369, "year_label": "1369 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Peter the Fat becomes the new King of Cyprus when his father, King Peter I, is stabbed to death while in bed at the Palace of La Cava in Nicosia. The murder is carried out by a group of noblemen, led by Philip of Ibelin, Henry of Jubail, John of Gaurelle, and James of Nores, along with some outlaws freed from imprisonment earlier in the evening.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371621472#January–March", "title": "1369", "revid": 1371621472, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1372, "year_label": "1372 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The coronation of Peter the Fat as King Peter II of Cyprus takes place in Nicosia at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Sophia (now the Selimiye Mosque). Peter had become the ruler of Cyprus at age 14 upon the death of his father, King Peter I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370079239#January–March", "title": "1372", "revid": 1370079239, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1374, "year_label": "1374 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 –After invading Cyprus, the Republic of Genoa bombards the city of Kyrenia, but the Cypriots repel the invasion and force the Genoese to retreat to Nicosia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369753981#January–March", "title": "1374", "revid": 1369753981, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1432, "year_label": "1432 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – At Nicosia John II becomes King of Cyprus upon the death of his father, King Janus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361998124#April–June", "title": "1432", "revid": 1361998124, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1570, "year_label": "1570 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – The Ottoman conquest of Cyprus begins as more than 350 Ottoman ships and over 60,000 troops land near Larnaca and then march toward the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362475955#July–September", "title": "1570", "revid": 1362475955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1570, "year_label": "1570 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 9", "text": "September 9 – Nicosia falls to the Turks under the command of General Lala Mustafa Pasha. After the Ottomans breach the walls, the Venetian defenders are massacred and the women and boys are sold into slavery.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362475955#July–September", "title": "1570", "revid": 1362475955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "ETHA Engomis FC, a Cypriot football club based in Engomi, Nicosia, was founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1328098822#Events", "title": "1962 in Cyprus", "revid": 1328098822, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#April", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September", "text": "September – 1988 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference was held in Nicosia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340094953#Events", "title": "1988 in Cyprus", "revid": 1340094953, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 3", "text": "3 April – Greek and Turkish Cypriots open a crossing at Ledra Street, a main shopping street in Cyprus' divided capital Nicosia that had come to symbolize the island's ethnic partition.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311392059#April", "title": "2008 in Cyprus", "revid": 1311392059, "section": "Events › April"}}]}