{"slug": "forbidden-city", "label": "Forbidden City", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_City", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80290", "qid": "Q80290", "description": "Chinese imperial palace in Beijing", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1406, 1656], "span_label": ["1406 CE", "1656 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "nanjing", "label": "Nanjing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yongle-emperor", "label": "Yongle Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-yingzong-of-ming", "label": "Emperor Yingzong of Ming", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jingtai-emperor", "label": "Jingtai Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "shunzhi-emperor", "label": "Shunzhi Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alexis-of-russia", "label": "Alexis of Russia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jiajing-emperor", "label": "Jiajing Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1406, "year_label": "1406 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Construction of the Forbidden City begins in Beijing during the Chinese Ming dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357536622#Date_unknown", "title": "1406", "revid": 1357536622, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – Beijing (\"Northern Capital\") is officially designated the capital of Ming dynasty China by the Yongle Emperor, replacing Nanjing, during the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, is completed and construction begins on the Temple of Heaven in the new capital city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#October–December", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – China's Emperor Yingzong returns to Beijing after having been held as a prisoner of war by the Mongols since September 1, 1449. Upon returning, he is held under house arrest in the Forbidden City along with his wife, the Empress Qian, on orders of his younger brother Emperor Daizong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#July–September", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – After 45 years' reign, the Jiajing Emperor, Zhu Houcong, dies in the Forbidden City of China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#January–March", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Jesuit Matteo Ricci becomes the first European to enter the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, being invited by the Ming Dynasty Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#Date_unknown", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1656, "year_label": "1656 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "March 3", "text": "March 3 – Fyodor Baykov, the Russian Empire's first envoy to China, is admitted to the Forbidden City within Beijing, after being sent by Tsar Alexis to negotiate a trade agreement with the Emperor Shunzi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372048661#January–March", "title": "1656", "revid": 1372048661, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}