Hunan

landlocked province in China

10 dated entries naming Hunan, drawn from 10 separate years between 160 BCE and 1997 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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2nd century BC

  • 160 BCEA Painted banner, from the tomb of the wife of the Marquis of Dai, of the Han dynasty, in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan, is made (approximate date). It is nowadays preserved at the Historical museum in Beijing.source

10th century

  • 907June 8 – The Chu Kingdom is founded by the warlord Ma Yin (Prince of Chu) in Changsha. Present-day Hunan and Guangxi provinces (Southern China) are under his control.source
  • 975Emperor Taizu conquers Hunan Province and brings the power of the military under Song control. Ending the era of the warlords (approximate date).source
  • 976November 14 – Emperor Taizu (Zhao Kuangyin) dies at Kaifeng after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Tai Zong as ruler of the Song Dynasty. During his rule the Yuelu Academy (located in Hunan Province) is founded, which becomes one of the renowned academies (Shūyuàn).source

14th century

  • 1396Peasants in the modern-day provinces of Hunan and Hubei in the east of China plant 84 million fruit trees.source
  • 1397The Lin Kuan rebellion by the Kam people and Miao people of China in the Huguang provincesource

17th century

  • 1678March 23 – Revolt of the Three Feudatories in southern China: rebel general Wu Sangui, lord of the Yunnan fief, takes the imperial crown, names himself monarch of "The Great Zhou", based in the Hunan province, with Hengyang as his capital. He contracts dysentery over the summer and dies on October 2, ending the rebellion against the Kangxi Emperor.source

19th century

  • 1852June 12 – Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces enter Hunan.source
  • 1853January 8 – Taiping Rebellion: Zeng Guofan is ordered to assist the governor of Hunan in organizing a militia force to search for local bandits.source

20th century

  • 1997April 29 – Two trains crash at Hunan, China; 126 are killed.source

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