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Former Yan

Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms dynastic state (337–370)

14 dated entries naming Former Yan, drawn from 13 separate years between 297 CE and 385 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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3rd century

  • 297Murong Huang, ruler of the Former Yan (d. 348)source

4th century

  • 319Murong Jun, Chinese emperor of the Former Yan (d. 360)source
  • 337Murong Huang claims the title of Prince of Yan, effectively beginning the kingdom of Former Yan.source
  • 348Murong Huang, Chinese ruler of the Former Yan (b. 297)source
  • 349Shi Hu, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao since 334, dies. The state plunges into turmoil with his sons Shi Shi, Shi Zun, Shi Jian and Shi Zhi plotting against each other and holding the emperorship in rapid succession, before ethnic Han Ran Min establishes the short-lived Ran Wei dynasty in 350, bringing the Later Zhao dynasty to an end in 351 before it is itself conquered and divided by the Former Yan and Former Qin dynasties in 351.source
  • 350The Ran Wei-Later Zhao war breaks out in North China. Ethnic Han ruler Ran Min had used the infighting between the brothers who reigned in quick succession as emperors of the Jie state of the Later Zhao to assume power, establish the Ran Wei dynasty, have an alleged 200,000 non-Han subjects (mostly Jie and Xiongnu) massacred and end the Later Zhao dynasty. This situation will soon be exploited by the neighbouring state of Former Yan which expands from the northeast towards the Yellow River.source
  • 350Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (d. 385);source
  • 352Ran Wei is destroyed after Ran Min is killed by Murong Jun, the Xianbei emperor of the Former Yan.source
  • 360Murong Jun, emperor of the Former Yan (b. 319)source
  • 367Murong Ke, Chinese general and statesman of Former Yansource
  • 368Yue Wan, Chinese general and politician of Former Yansource
  • 369Eastern Jin general Huan Wen's third northern expedition is defeated by Former Yan general Murong Chui.source
  • 370Former Qin conquers Former Yan in China.source
  • 385Murong Wei, emperor of the Xianbei state Former Yan (b. 350)source

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