Eastern Wei
former country (534–550)
7 dated entries naming Eastern Wei, drawn from 7 separate years between 521 CE and 552 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
- 521Gao Cheng, high official and regent of Eastern Wei (d. 549)source
- 524Xiao Jing Di, emperor of Eastern Wei (d. 552)source
- 535The Northern Wei dynasty ends: The northern region of China is split into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei during a civil war. The first ruler is Wen Di; he makes his son Fei Di crown prince.source
- 537Eastern Wei sends an advance guard of three army columns through the Tong Pass, to attack Western Wei. The Western army under Yu-Wen Tai defeats one of the columns while the others retreat. Yu-Wen follows up, but runs into the main Eastern army (200,000 men). The Westerners are pushed back through the pass, and the Eastern army emerges from the mountains. Unexpectedly they are charged in the flank by 10,000 Western cavalry, and 6,000 Easterners are killed and 70,000 captured.source
- 549Gao Cheng, official and regent of Eastern Wei (b. 521)source
- 550The Eastern Wei Dynasty ends, and Wen Xuan Di becomes emperor of Northern Qi. He forces Xiao Jing Di to yield the throne.source
- 552Xiaojing, emperor of Eastern Wei (b. 524)source
Named in the same entries
- Western Wei (2)
- China (1)
- Northern Wei (1)
- Northern Qi (1)