Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims the Ming dynasty
January 1368
The peasant rebel turned warlord ascended the throne in Nanjing as the Hongwu emperor. He chose Ming, 'Brilliant,' for his reign name and immediately dispatched Xu Da north to drive the Mongols from Khanbaliq. Native Chinese rule had returned to all of China for the first time since the Northern Song.
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- Mongols flee Beijing · East Asia · Politics
- Hongwu Emperor establishes the Ming legal code · East Asia · Politics
- Vijayanagara's Harihara II extends southern reach · South Asia · Politics
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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