{"slug": "zhengtong-emperor", "label": "Zhengtong Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhengtong_Emperor", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1427, 1464], "span_label": ["1427 CE", "1464 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "jingtai-emperor", "label": "Jingtai Emperor", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "emperor-yingzong-of-ming", "label": "Emperor Yingzong of Ming", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongols", "label": "Mongols", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1427, "year_label": "1427 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (d. 1464)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937201#Births", "title": "1427", "revid": 1365937201, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Buddhist Zhihua Temple (智化寺) is built in Beijing, at the order of Wang Zhen, chief eunuch at the court of the Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#Date_unknown", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming dynasty army, and capture the Emperor Xingzong of China on September 3. The Emperor is officially deposed, while his brother Zhu Qiyu ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#July–September", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – The Jingtai Era begins in China under the Emperor Daizong, and the Zhengtong Era ends after 14 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#January–March", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1457, "year_label": "1457 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – In Ming dynasty China, the Emperor Yingzong of Ming is returned to the throne by General Cao Jixiang and other officers who had staged a coup d'etat and overthrown his brother, the Emperor Daizong. Yingzong, whose first reign was the Zhengtong era, proclaims the Tianshun era.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845780#January–March", "title": "1457", "revid": 1359845780, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Imperial City, Beijing (which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution, he flees to his home in the city, and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#July–September", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (b. 1427)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#Deaths", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Deaths"}}]}