History and chronology of Hongwu in China

General

House Ming
Military
Rebellion
Revolution

Events

Battle Kerulen
Birth
Burial
Capture Beijing
Capture Gansu
Capture Kiangsi
Capture Shangdu
Capture Sichuan
Capture Szechuan
Capture Yunnan
Death
Education
Invasion
Ming Dynasty Declaration
Rebellion
Rule
Succession

Places

Beijing
Gansu
Kerulen
Kiangsi
Nanjing
Shangdu
Sichuan
Szechuan
Yunnan

Hongwu History of China


1328	Birth
Birth of Hongwu, as Zhu Yuanzhang, son of a labourer
1344	Education
Seeks refuge in a Buddhist temple where he learns to read & write
1353	Rebellion
Joins the Read Turbans, one of the major groups contesting Mongol rule
1359	Rebellion
Nanjing Leads the Red Turbans in Nanjing
1364	Capture of Kiangsi
Kiangsi Leads the Kuo Tzu-Hsing rebels who capture the province of Kiangsi
1368	Capture of Beijing
Beijing Captures Peking & ends the Yuan Dynasty
1368	Ming Dynasty Declaration
Nanjing Declares the foundation of the Ming Dynasty at Nanjing
1368	Succession
Succeeds as Emperor of China, Hongwu means "Vast Military Power"
1369	Capture of Shangdu
Shangdu Captures Shangdu, the Mongol Summer capital
1370	Invasion of China
Drives the Mongols further north
1371	Capture of Sichuan
Sichuan Captures Sichuan from the Mongols
1371	Capture of Szechuan
Szechuan Captures Szechuan
1382	Death
Death of Empress Ma
1383	Capture of Gansu
Gansu Captures Gansu from the Mongols
1383	Capture of Yunnan
Yunnan The last Chinese province to be re-conquered from the Mongols
1387	Rule of
China is united under Hongwu
1388	Battle of Kerulen
Kerulen The Chinese drive the Mongols from their capital of Karakorum
1398	Burial
Nanjing Hongwu's tomb is located at Xiaoling, Nanjing, Jiangsu
1398	Death
Death of Hongwu