Later Han (Five Dynasties)

fourth of the Five Dynasties of China

7 dated entries naming Later Han (Five Dynasties), drawn from 6 separate years between 895 CE and 954 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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9th century

  • 895March 4 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han (d. 948)source

10th century

  • 931March 28 – Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (d. 951)source
  • 947March 10 – The Later Han is founded by Liu Zhiyuan, the military governor (jiedushi) of Bingzhou. He declares himself emperor (formally called Gaozu) and establishes the capital in Bian, present-day Kaifeng.source
  • 948March 10 – Liu Zhiyuan, founder of the Later Han (b. 895)source
  • 951February 13 – Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou. The 19-year-old Emperor Liu Chengyou is killed after a 3-year reign, ending the short-lived Later Han.source
  • 951January 2 – Liu Chengyou, emperor of Later Han (b. 931)source
  • 954Li, Chinese empress dowager of the Later Hansource

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