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Chen dynasty

last of the Southern Dynasties in China (557–589)

34 dated entries naming Chen dynasty, drawn from 27 separate years between 503 CE and 618 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 503Chen Baxian, later Emperor Wu of Chen, first emperor of the Chinese Chen dynasty (d. 559)source
  • 506Zhang Yao'er, empress of Chen dynasty China (d. 570)source
  • 512Wu Mingche, general of the Chen dynasty (d. 578)source
  • 520Hou Andu, general of the Chen dynasty (d. 563)source
  • 522Wen Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 566)source
  • 530Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 582)source
  • 532Xiao Mohe, general of the Chen dynasty and Sui dynasty (d. 604)source
  • 534Liu Jingyan, empress of the Chen dynasty (d. 616)source
  • 537Chen Chang, prince of the Chen dynasty (d. 560)source
  • 553December 10 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)source
  • 554Fei (Chen Bozong), emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 570)source
  • 557The Liang dynasty ends: Chen Wu Di, a distinguished general, becomes the first emperor of the Chen dynasty in Southern China.source
  • 559Wen Di, age 37, succeeds his uncle Chen Wu Di as emperor of the Chen dynasty. During his reign, he consolidates the state against the rebellious warlords.source
  • 559Chen Wu Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 503)source
  • 560Chen Chang, prince of the Chen dynasty (b. 537)source
  • 563Hou Andu, general of the Chen dynasty (b. 520)source
  • 566Fei Di, age 12, succeeds his father Wen Di, as emperor of the Chinese Chen dynasty. He honors his grand-aunt Zhang Yao'er with the title of Grand Empress, and she becomes his regent.source
  • 566Wen Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 522)source
  • 570Chen Yuan, crown prince of the Chen dynasty (approximate date)source
  • 570Fei Di, emperor of the Chen dynastysource
  • 573Chen Yin, crown prince of the Chen dynastysource
  • 577A predecessor of the modern match, small sticks of pinewood impregnated with sulfur, are first used in China. Besieged by military forces of Northern Zhou and Chen, Northern Qi court ladies use the "lighting sticks" to start fires for cooking and heating.source
  • 578Summer – Emperor Wu Di engages in military campaigns on two fronts: against the invading Göktürks to the north and against the Chen dynasty in the south.source
  • 578Wu Mingche, general of the Chen dynasty (b. 512)source
  • 580The Northern Zhou dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen dynasty remains a rival.source
  • 582Xuan Di, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 530)source
  • 582Spring – Emperor Xuan of Chen, age 52, dies after a 13-year reign and is succeeded by his incompetent son Chen Shubao (Houzhu), who becomes the new ruler of the Chen dynasty.source
  • 588Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty prepares a campaign against the Chen dynasty. He amasses 518,000 troops along the northern bank of the Yangtze River, stretching from Sichuan to the Pacific Ocean.source
  • 588The Guanghua Temple in Putian (China) is built during the Chen dynasty, under Emperor Chen Wu Di.source
  • 589The Chinese Empire is reunited under the leadership of Emperor Wéndi (Sui dynasty), who defeats the Chen forces at Jiankang (modern Nanjing), ending the Chen dynasty (the last of the Southern dynasties) that has ruled since 557.source
  • 589Zhang Lihua, consort of the Chen dynastysource

7th century

  • 604December 16 – Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (b. 553)source
  • 615Liu Jingyan, empress of the Chen dynasty (b. 534)source
  • 618Yu Shiji, official of the Chen- and Sui dynastysource

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