Kublai Khan proclaims the Yuan dynasty
1271
Choosing a Chinese dynastic name from the Book of Changes, Kublai formally inaugurated the Yuan in his new capital of Dadu. The Mongol great khan now ruled as a Chinese emperor, with all the Confucian pageantry his Mongolian cousins regarded as embarrassing. The adoption of a Chinese-style dynasty name signaled Kublai's determination to be seen as a legitimate successor to the Han, Tang, and Song.
In context
Also in 1271 (3 other events on record)
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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