Yongle Emperor Seizes Nanjing
1402
Zhu Di, Prince of Yan, broke through the southern capital's walls and his nephew the Jianwen Emperor vanished in a palace fire that may or may not have been real. The usurper ascended as Yongle, burned the loyalist scholars' families, and began planning a new capital far to the north.
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Also in 1402 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of Ankara · Middle East · War
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.