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Liu Song dynasty

Chinese ruling dynasty from 420 to 479

48 dated entries naming Liu Song dynasty, drawn from 36 separate years between 363 CE and 489 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.

Also written as Liu Song, Liu Song Dynasty, Song Dynasty (420-479) in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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4th century

  • 363Wu Di (or Liu Yu), Chinese emperor of Liu Song (died 422)source
  • 390Xie Hui, general of the Liu Song dynasty (died 426)source
  • 393Sima Maoying, empress of the Liu Song dynasty (died 439)source

5th century

  • 406Shao Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (died 424)source
  • 407Wen Di, Chinese emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (died 453)source
  • 409Liu Yikang, prince of the Liu Song Dynasty (died 451)source
  • 412Lu Huinan, empress dowager of the Liu Song dynasty (died 466)source
  • 420Yuan Can, high official of the Liu Song Dynasty (died 477)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
  • 422Shao Di, age 16, eldest son of Wu Di, succeeds his father as emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (China).source
  • 422June 26 – Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (born 363)source
  • 423Xiao Wenshou, empress dowager of the Liu Song dynasty (born 343)source
  • 424Shao Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (born 406)source
  • 424July 7 – (Jing'ping era, 2nd year, 5th month (wǔyuè), the yi'you day) Emperor Shao of the Liu Song dynasty of China, is deposed by government ministers Xu Xianzhi and Fu Liang, who install his younger brother Prince Liu Yilong as the new Emperor.source
  • 424September 17 – (Yuanjia era, 1st year, 8th month (bāyuè), dingyou day) Prince Liu Yilong is formally enthroned as the Emperor Wen of Song of China at its capital in Jiankang.source
  • 426Liu Shao, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (died 453)source
  • 429Liu Jun, prince of the Liu Song dynasty (died 453)source
  • 430Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (died 464)source
  • 432Wang Hong, official of the Liu Song dynasty (born 379)source
  • 433Liu Bing, high official of the Liu Song dynasty (died 477)source
  • 436Wang Zhenfeng, empress of the Liu Song dynasty (died 479)source
  • 436April 9 – Tan Daoji, general of the Liu Song dynastysource
  • 439Ming Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (died 472)source
  • 440Northern and Southern dynasties: Northern China is unified by the Northern Wei dynasty. The South is still under the control of the Song (or Liu Song) dynasty.source
  • 443Gunabhadra, Indian Buddhist monk, is an invited honored guest by emperor Wen of Liu Song (Liu Song dynasty). He translates the Lankavatara Sutra from Sanskrit into the Chinese language.source
  • 449February 25 – Liu Ziye, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (died 466)source
  • 451Liu Yikang, prince of the Liu Song dynasty (born 409)source
  • 452Wang Jian, official of Liu Song and Southern Qi (died 489)source
  • 453May 27 – Liu Jun, Prince Shixing of the Liu Song dynasty (born 429) — executedsource
  • 456Liu Zixun, prince and pretender of Liu Song (died 466)source
  • 463Houfei Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (died 477)source
  • 464Xiao Wu Di, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (born 430)source
  • 465Liu Chuyu, princess of the Liu Song dynastysource
  • 465Qian Fei Di, then Ming Di, becomes ruler of the Liu Song dynasty after his nephew is assassinated.source
  • 466Liu Zixun, prince and pretender of Liu Song (born 456)source
  • 466January 1 – Emperor Qianfei, emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (born 449)source
  • 468March – Jiaozhou governor Lưu Mục dies of illness. Lý Trường Nhân, a nobleman, launches a coup d'état against the Jiaozhou government, kills the Liu Song officials in Jiaozhou, seizes control of the citadel, then declares himself the governor.source
  • 468November – Lý Trường Nhân sends an envoy to make peace with the Liu Song, and requests the title of "Hành Châu sự", a position with less authority than that of the Governor of Jiaozhou. Emperor Ming approves Trường Nhân's request, granting him the authority to govern Jiaozhou until 479.source
  • 469Emperor Shun of Liu Song, Chinese emperor of Liu Song (died 479)source
  • 472Ming Di, Chinese emperor of the Liu Song dynasty (born 439)source
  • 477Houfei Di, emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty (born 463)source
  • 477Liu Zhun, age 10, becomes Emperor Shun of the Liu Song dynasty after his brother Houfei is assassinated by general Xiao Daocheng. He installs Shun as puppet ruler and sets himself up as regent. Xiao receives near-imperial powers, establishes Buddhism as the state religion and sets up the "Three Leaders" system, under which native hamlet, village and district officers are responsible for taxation and conscription.source
  • 478The Liu Song dynasty ends in China.source
  • 478Shen Youzhi, Chinese general of Liu Songsource
  • 479Summer – The Liu Song dynasty ends and the Southern Qi dynasty begins in southern China. Emperor Shun Di is forced to abandon the throne and Qi Gao Di becomes the first ruler of Southern Qi. Later former Emperor Shun and empress Wang Zhenfeng are killed by the imperial guard, near the vicinity of the capital Jiankang.source
  • 479As Lý Trường Nhân, Jiaozhou's governor, died in final days of the Liu Song dynasty, Lý Thúc Hiến requested the Liu Song to be appointed as Trường Nhân's successor. The Liu Song rejected Thúc Hiến's request and appointed Thẩm Hoán, the governor of Nanhai Commandery, as the new governor of Jiaozhou, while Thúc Hiến was assigned to govern Vũ Bình and Tân Xương. However, with strong support from the local population, Thúc Hiến deployed troops throughout the region, preventing Thẩm Hoán from assuming office in Jiaozhou. As a result, Thẩm Hoán was forced to remain in Uất Lâm during the turbulent final days of the Liu Song dynasty, where he eventually died.source
  • 479Shun Di, emperor of Liu Song (born 467)source
  • 489Wang Jian, official of Liu Song and Southern Qi (born 452)source

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