Battle of Lake Poyang
September 1363
Zhu Yuanzhang's smaller fleet trapped his Red Turban rival Chen Youliang on the great inland lake of Jiangxi in a battle involving hundreds of warships. Fire ships burned Chen's tower-ships against the shore. Chen took an arrow through the eye. Zhu emerged the unrivaled rebel chief in southern China, master of the Yangtze valley.
In context
Also in 1363 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.