{"slug": "santorini", "label": "Santorini", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santorini", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129296", "qid": "Q129296", "description": "Greek island in the Cyclades", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [-1699, 1944], "span_label": ["1700 BCE", "1944 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Thera"], "related": [{"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "republic-of-venice", "label": "Republic of Venice", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jordan", "label": "Jordan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "libya", "label": "Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyrene-libya", "label": "Cyrene, Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aegean-sea", "label": "Aegean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cyclades", "label": "Cyclades", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "crete", "label": "Crete", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "auschwitz-concentration-camp", "label": "Auschwitz concentration camp", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -1699, "year_label": "1700 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "c. 1700 BC: 1450 BC: Young girl gathering saffron crocus flowers, detail of wall painting, Room 3 of House Xeste 3, Akrotiri (prehistoric city), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in Thera Foundation, Petros M. Nomikos, Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300121382#Events", "title": "17th century BC", "revid": 1300121382, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -1649, "year_label": "1650 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "c. 1650 BC — \"Flotilla\" fresco, from Room 5 of West House, Akrotiri (prehistoric city), Thera, is made. Second Palace period. It is now kept in National Archaeological Museum, Athens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1242605770#Events_and_trends", "title": "1650s BC", "revid": 1242605770, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -1626, "year_label": "1627 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "1627 BC—Beginning of a period of cooling of the world climate lasting several years, recorded in tree-rings all over the world. Various volcanic eruptions have been suggested for the cause of this climatic event; the Minoan eruption of Thera, the Avellino eruption of Mount Vesuvius, or the eruption of Mount Aniakchak.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357667915#Events_and_trends", "title": "1620s BC", "revid": 1357667915, "section": "Events and trends"}}, {"year": -630, "year_label": "631 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Cyrene, a Greek colony in present-day Libya, North Africa, is founded by emigrants from the island of Thera (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371149156#Events", "title": "631 BC", "revid": 1371149156, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -556, "year_label": "557 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Santorini, Greece suffers from a volcanic eruption.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354684552#Events", "title": "557 BC", "revid": 1354684552, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -196, "year_label": "197 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "The volcanic island of Hiera emerges from under the sea near Thera.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352698626#Greece", "title": "197 BC", "revid": 1352698626, "section": "Events › By place › Greece"}}, {"year": 726, "year_label": "726 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "Seismic activity in the Mediterranean Sea: The volcanic island of Thera erupts, while the city of Jerash (in present-day Jordan) suffers a major earthquake.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808661#Europe", "title": "726", "revid": 1340808661, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1302, "year_label": "1302 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 4", "text": "October 4 – Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor, signs a peace treaty with the Republic of Venice, ending the Byzantine–Venetian War (1296–1302). The Venetians return most of their conquests – but keep the islands of Kea, Santorini, Serifos and Amorgos – which are retained by the privateers who have captured them. Andronikos agrees to repay the Venetians for their losses sustained during the massacre of Venetian residents (see 1296).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362151248#October–December", "title": "1302", "revid": 1362151248, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1480, "year_label": "1480 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 20", "text": "June 20 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice votes to approve the transfer of ownership of the island of Santorini (now the Greek island of Thera) to Domenico Pisani. The island was the dowry given to Pisani for the marriage of Fiorenza Crispo, by Firenzo's father, Giacomo III Crispo, Duke of the Archipelago, a set of 18 of the 20 inhabited Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370179650#April–June", "title": "1480", "revid": 1370179650, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1650, "year_label": "1650 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – The Kolumbo volcano on Santorini experiences a massive eruption (VEI 6).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373388330#July–September", "title": "1650", "revid": 1373388330, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June", "text": "The steamer Tanais, also known as Danae (Δανάη), carrying 600 Cretans (including around 300 Greek Jews) on the first leg of the journey to Auschwitz, is sunk, with no known survivors, off Santorini.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#June", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › June"}}]}