1368 in China
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Events from the year 1368 in China.
Incumbents
- Ming dynasty — Hongwu Emperor (1st year)
- Yuan dynasty
Events
- 23 January — Zhu Yuanzhang claims the Mandate of Heaven and established the Ming dynasty, becoming Hongwu Emperor
- Zhu sends an army toward the Yuan capital Dadu (present-day Beijing) in 1368.[1]
Deaths
" After the dynastic head of the Red Turbans suspiciously died in 1367 while a guest of Zhu, there was no one left who was remotely capable of contesting his march to the throne, and "
References
- ↑ Ebrey (1999), p. 191.
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