{"slug": "jiajing-emperor", "label": "Jiajing Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiajing_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10011", "qid": "Q10011", "description": "Emperor of the Ming dynasty from 1521 to 1567", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1507, 1567], "span_label": ["1507 CE", "1567 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-empire", "label": "Portuguese Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "forbidden-city", "label": "Forbidden City", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1507, "year_label": "1507 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 16", "text": "September 16 – Jiajing Emperor of China (d. 1567)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367240730#Births", "title": "1507", "revid": 1367240730, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1521, "year_label": "1521 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – After the death of his cousin, Prince Zhu Houcong became the new Ming dynasty Emperor of China, taking the imperial name of the Emperor Jiajing<.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369246997#April–June", "title": "1521", "revid": 1369246997, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1523, "year_label": "1523 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Ming dynasty Chinese navy captures two Western ships with Portuguese breech–loading culverins aboard, which the Chinese call a fo–lang–ji (Frankish culverin). According to the Ming Shi, these cannons are soon presented to the Jiajing Emperor by Wang Hong, and their design is copied in 1529.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561167#Date_unknown", "title": "1523", "revid": 1369561167, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1529, "year_label": "1529 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Zhang Qijie becomes the most powerful woman in Ming dynasty China as the primary wife of the Jiajing Emperor, shortly after the death of the Empress Xiaojiesu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362793946#January–March", "title": "1529", "revid": 1362793946, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 27", "text": "November 27 – Palace plot of Renyin year: A group of Ming dynasty palace women fail to murder the Jiajing Emperor, and are executed by slow-slicing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#October–December", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – Prince Zhu Zairui, age 12, heir to the throne of Ming dynasty China as the oldest living son of the Jiajing Emperor, dies a few days after becoming ill during the Guan Li coming of age ceremony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#April–June", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1567, "year_label": "1567 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Jiajing Emperor of China (b. 1507)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362147494#Deaths", "title": "1567", "revid": 1362147494, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"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"}}]}