{"slug": "republic-of-the-congo", "label": "Republic of the Congo", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q971", "qid": "Q971", "description": "country in Central Africa, capital Brazzaville", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [1958, 2016], "span_label": ["1958 CE", "2016 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Republic of Congo"], "related": [{"slug": "gabon", "label": "Gabon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "haiti", "label": "Haiti", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "americas", "label": "Americas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nigeria", "label": "Nigeria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "label": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mozambique", "label": "Mozambique", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "madagascar", "label": "Madagascar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tanzania", "label": "Tanzania", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chad", "label": "Chad", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1958, "year_label": "1958 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371827125#November", "title": "1958", "revid": 1371827125, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 17", "text": "January 17 – Patrice Lumumba of the Republic of Congo is assassinated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#January", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Trois Glorieuses: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of Congo after a three-day uprising in the capital, Brazzaville.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#August", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1964, "year_label": "1964 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – The National Movement of the Revolution is established in the Republic of the Congo, becoming the country's sole legal political party.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371069587#July", "title": "1964", "revid": 1371069587, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "In or about this year, one person returning to Haiti from the Congo is thought to have first brought HIV to the Americas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#Date_unknown", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – A new government is formed in the Republic of the Congo, led by Ambroise Noumazalaye.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#April", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1998, "year_label": "1998 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "Libyan planes fly to DRC. The government of Libya says it is to evacuate Arab families who went to the Republic of the Congo from DRC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311385673#August", "title": "1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo", "revid": 1311385673, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 9", "text": "9 April – Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Republic of the Congo president Denis Sassou-Nguesso host talks in Abuja between the rival groups in Darfur hoping to accelerate the peace process. Sudanese attendees include Vice President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, Minni Arcua Minnawi head of the most powerful faction of the divided Sudan Liberation Army, and Khalil Ibrahim, leader of the smaller Justice and Equality Movement.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367433119#April", "title": "2006 in Sudan", "revid": 1367433119, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, with at least 250 people dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#March", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2016, "year_label": "2016 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – An annular solar eclipse was visible from Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373421880#September", "title": "2016", "revid": 1373421880, "section": "Events › September"}}]}