Hongwu emperor dies in Nanjing
1398
The peasant who had founded the Ming dynasty died at seventy after thirty years of paranoid, capable rule. He left behind purged bureaucrats, a centralized empire, a constricted seacoast, and a designated grandson heir. His fourth son Zhu Di would soon overthrow the boy emperor and become the Yongle emperor.
In context
Also in 1398 (3 other events on record)
- Timur sacks Delhi · South Asia · War
- Great Schism deepens with rival election at Avignon · Europe · Religion
- Mongol Northern Yuan splinters into factions · Central Asia · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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