{"slug": "chongzhen-emperor", "label": "Chongzhen Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongzhen_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10069", "qid": "Q10069", "description": "emperor of the Ming Dynasty", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1611, 1644], "span_label": ["1611 CE", "1644 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qing-dynasty", "label": "Qing dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shandong", "label": "Shandong", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shunzhi-emperor", "label": "Shunzhi Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manchu-people", "label": "Manchu people", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1611, "year_label": "1611 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 6", "text": "February 6 – Chongzhen Emperor of China (d. 1644)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277342005#January–March", "title": "1611", "revid": 1277342005, "section": "Births › January–March"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October 2", "text": "October 2 – The Tianqi Emperor's 16-year-old brother, Zhu Youjian, is enthroned as the Chongzhen Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#October–December", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1628, "year_label": "1628 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – The Chongzhen Era begins in Ming dynasty China after the October 2 ascension of Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor, on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the Tianqi era formally ends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352890088#January–March", "title": "1628", "revid": 1352890088, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1629, "year_label": "1629 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Chongzhen, the Chinese emperor of the Ming dynasty, reiterates the state prohibition against female infanticide, while the empire and the Chinese economy begins to crumble. In the same year, a third of the courier stations are closed down due to lack of government funds to sustain them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365103352#Undated", "title": "1629", "revid": 1365103352, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1630, "year_label": "1630 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – In China, General Yuan Chonghuan is invited to an audience with the Chongzhen Emperor and is arrested on charges of collusion with the enemy. Yuan is executed by the slow death on September 22.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351974391#January–March", "title": "1630", "revid": 1351974391, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Hong Taiji (known in the West as Abatai) begins a 60-day march of Manchu warriors southwards from the Great Wall through Ming Chinese provinces of Zhili and Shandong, before returning northward on January 27. (Two years later Beijing falls to rebels, the Chongzhen Emperor commits suicide, and the Shunzhi Emperor becomes the first Qing Emperor to rule over China proper.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#October–December", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing, prompting Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming dynasty, to commit suicide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#April–June", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Chongzhen, last Ming Emperor of China (suicide) (b. 1611)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#Deaths", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Deaths"}}]}