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1368 in China

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1368
in
China
Decades:
See also:Other events of 1368
History of China  • Timeline  • Years

The following occurred in 1368 in China.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 23 January – Zhu Yuanzhang claims the Mandate of Heaven and establishes the Ming dynasty, becoming Hongwu Emperor.
  • Zhu sends an army toward the Yuan capital, Khanbaliq (present-day Beijing).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Ebrey (1999), p. 191.
  • Ebrey, Patricia Buckley (1999), The Cambridge Illustrated History of China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-66991-7.