Death of the Yongzheng Emperor
October 8, 1735
The Qing emperor who had remade the imperial bureaucracy died suddenly at fifty-six. His fourth son, the twenty-four-year-old Qianlong, inherited an empire at its apex: two hundred million people, enormous reserves, and the greatest landmass in Asia. The new emperor would reign for sixty years and quietly begin the dynasty's decline.
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Also in 1735 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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