Yongle Emperor Dies on Campaign
1424
Returning from his fifth Mongol expedition, the builder of Beijing and sponsor of Zheng He collapsed in his tent on the steppe. His corpse was hidden in a tin coffin until the army reached Beijing; a palace coup was feared. The treasure voyages paused. The Confucian bureaucrats had been waiting.
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Also in 1424 (3 other events on record)
- Battle of Verneuil · Europe · War
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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