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Jin Dynasty (265-420)

43 dated entries naming Jin Dynasty (265-420), drawn from 36 separate years between 290 CE and 427 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

  • 290May 16 – Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 236)source
  • 290May 16 – Emperor Wu of Jin, founder of the Western Jin Dynasty, dies after a 25-year reign. He reunified north and south, but gave away many dukedoms to his kinsmen. Crown Prince Sima Zhong succeeds his father, and has to deal with conflicts among the aristocratic families in China.source
  • 291Li Xiu, female general during the Jin Dynastysource
  • 291War of the Eight Princes: After the death of Emperor Sima Yan (Jin Wudi), a civil war breaks out among the princes and dukes of the Jin Dynasty. The struggle devastates and depopulates the provinces of northern China.source
  • 297Zhou Chu, Jin dynasty general, son of Zhou Fang (b. 236)source
  • 299Jin Mingdi, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 325)source
  • 300Min of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 318)source

4th century

  • 307Zhang Jun, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (d. 346)source
  • 307January 8 – Emperor Hui of Jin dies after a 16-year reign, in which eight dukes of the imperial family have conducted a civil war (War of the Eight Princes) against each other in a struggle for power. Huai of Jin, age 23, succeeds his father and becomes the third ruler of the Jin Dynasty.source
  • 316Han-Zhao forces capture Chang'an, capital of the Chinese Western Jin dynasty. Emperor Min of Jin surrenders to Liu Yao, ending the Western Jin.source
  • 317Sixteen Kingdoms: Jingwen (later Yuan of Jin) flees with remnants of the Jin court and noble families to the south. He succeeds Emperor Min of Jin as first ruler of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and decides to make Jiankang (modern Nanjing) his new capital.source
  • 320Jin Jianwendi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 372)source
  • 322The first dependable representation of a horse rider with paired stirrups is found in China, in a Jin Dynasty tomb.source
  • 323Crown Prince Ming of Jin succeeds his father Yuan of Jin as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.source
  • 339He Fani, Chinese empress of the Jin Dynasty (d. 404)source
  • 343Jin Mudi, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 361)source
  • 344November 17 – Jin Kangdi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 322)source
  • 347Li Shi, ruler of Cheng Han, fails in his attempt to halt a Jin expedition under Huan Wen. He flees to the capital Chengdu and surrenders his forces. Emperor Jin Mudi spares his life and makes him a marquess.source
  • 349Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (b. 272)source
  • 355Fan Tai, Chinese general of the Jin Dynasty (d. 428)source
  • 360Wang Fahui, empress during the Jin Dynasty (d. 380)source
  • 361Jin Mudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 343)source
  • 361July 10 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Aidi, age 20, succeeds Jin Mudi, as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.source
  • 362Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 396)source
  • 365March 30 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi, age 23, succeeds his brother Jin Aidi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He has no actual power; governmental matters are largely in the hands of his granduncle Sima Yu.source
  • 369Huan Xuan, Chinese warlord and emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 404)source
  • 372Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin Feidi is dethroned as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is replaced by his granduncle Sima Yu, who is installed as Jin Jianwendi.source
  • 372Jianwen of Jin, Chinese emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 320)source
  • 380Wang Fahui, empress of the Jin dynasty (b. 360)source
  • 382Jin Andi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (d. 419)source
  • 384Chu Lingyuan, last empress of the Jin Dynasty (d. 436)source
  • 384Xi Zuochi, Jin Dynasty historiansource
  • 385Dao An, Buddhist monk of the Jin Dynasty (b. 312)source
  • 386Jin Gongdi, last emperor of the Jin Dynasty (d. 421)source
  • 396Jin Xiaowudi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 362)source
  • 399Yuan Shansong, official and poet of the Jin Dynastysource

5th century

  • 402Sima Yuanxian, regent during the Jin Dynasty (b. 382)source
  • 403Sima Daozi, regent of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 364)source
  • 419Jin Gongdi, age 33, succeeds his developmentally disabled brother Jin Andi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Andi is strangled by orders of the warlord Liu Yu.source
  • 419Jin Andi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 382)source
  • 420July 10 – The Jin Dynasty ends in China. Liu Yu (Emperor Wu of Liu Song) becomes the first ruler of the Liu Song Dynasty. The capital of the dynasty is Nanjing.source
  • 421Jin Gongdi, last emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 386)source
  • 427Tao Qian, Chinese poet of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 365)source

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