Hunan

landlocked province in China

13 dated entries naming Hunan, drawn from 13 separate years between 160 BCE and 1899 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

17th century

1664Changsha becomes the capital of Hunan province, having been upgraded from a superior prefecturesource
16731673, Wu's forces captured Hunan and Sichuan provincessource
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
1681Qing general Zhao Liangdong proposes a three-pronged attack on Yunnan, with imperial armies from Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan. Cai Yurong, Viceroy of Yun-Gui, led the attack on the rebels together with Zhang Tai and Laita Giyesu, conquering Mount Wuhua and besieging Kunming.source
1684The first mention of chili peppers in local gazettes in Hunan. They would later become a staple of Hunanese cuisine.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
1899November 13 - Hunan province opens to foreign trade for the first time.source