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Northern Wei

first dynasty of Northern dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386–535)

72 dated entries naming Northern Wei, drawn from 56 separate years between 371 CE and 556 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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4th century

  • 371Dao Wu Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Wei (d. 409)source
  • 390Gao Yun, duke of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 487)source
  • 391A Rouran chief named Heduohan (曷多汗) is defeated and killed in battle against the Tuoba Northern Wei Dynasty. Surviving Rouran move west towards the Gaoche, led by Heduohan's brother and successor, Shelun.source
  • 391Heduohan, chief of the Rouran tribes (killed in battle against the Northern Wei)source
  • 392Ming Yuan Di, emperor of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 423)source
  • 395December 8 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period of China.source

5th century

  • 403Yuan He, official of the Northern Wei Dynasty (d. 479)source
  • 408Tai Wu Di, emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty (d. 452)source
  • 409Mingyuan, age 17, succeeds Daowu as emperor of the Chinese Northern Wei (one of the Northern dynasties).source
  • 409Daowu, emperor of the Northern Wei (b. 371)source
  • 423December 23 – Ming Yuan Di, ruler of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (b. 392)source
  • 428Tuoba Huang, prince of the Xianbei state Northern Wei (d. 451)source
  • 439The Northern Wei empire annexes Northern Liang and unifies Northern China, concluding the Sixteen Kingdoms era.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
  • 442Feng, Chinese empress and regent of the Northern Wei dynasty (d. 490)source
  • 446Three Disasters of Wu: The Northern Wei dynasty begins persecuting Buddhists, having heretofore encouraged them. The drain of manpower and tax money to temples and monasteries has threatened the secular government, and the reaction is fierce: monks and nuns are murdered, temples and icons destroyed. All men under age 50 are prohibited from joining any monastic order in a program that will continue until 450, helping the Confucianist philosophy of the Han dynasty to gain dominance over Buddhism.source
  • 450Cui Hao, prime minister of Northern Weisource
  • 451July 29 – Tuoba Huang, prince of Northern Wei (b. 428)source
  • 452Nan'an Yinwang succeeds his father Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, after he is assassinated by the eunuch Zong Ai. Later this year, Yinwang is murdered as well, and Ai is overthrown by a group of high officials. Wencheng Di, age 12, becomes the new emperor of Northern Wei.source
  • 452March 11 – Tai Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 408)source
  • 453Helian, empress of Northern Weisource
  • 454Xian Wen Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Wei (d. 476)source
  • 462Yu Zhong, official and regent of Northern Wei (d. 518)source
  • 465Buliugu Li, official of the Northern Wei dynastysource
  • 466Yifu Hun, high official of Northern Weisource
  • 471Northern Wei ruler Xianwen officially goes into retirement. His son, Xiao Wen Di, aged 4, becomes the new emperor, initially under the regency of Emperor Xianwen's stepmother Empress Dowager Feng.source
  • 476Xian Wen Di, Retired Emperor of Northern Wei, is murdered by Empress Feng. She assumes regency over the young Xiao Wen Di.source
  • 476Xian Wen Di, Chinese Emperor of Northern Wei (b. 454)source
  • 479Yuan He, high official of Northern Wei (b. 403)source
  • 483Xuan Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 515)source
  • 487Gao Yun, duke of Northern Wei (b. 390)source
  • 488Yu, empress of Northern Wei (d. 507)source
  • 490Empress Feng of the Chinese Northern Wei Dynasty dies. She is buried with magnificent honors, in the Wenming Tomb.source
  • 490Feng, Chinese empress and regent of Northern Wei (b. 442)source
  • 493Emperor Xiao Wen Di starts adopting a sinicization policy as well as various reforms. He marries Feng Qing, who becomes empress of the Northern Wei Dynasty.source
  • 493Erzhu Rong, general of Northern Wei (d. 530)source
  • 494Emperor Xiao Wen Di moves the capital of Northern Wei from Datong to Luoyang. He makes Chinese the official language of his court, and orders his nobility to adopt Chinese names.source
  • 495Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei builds the Shaolin Monastery in Henan for the monk Batuo (for alternate founding date see 477 or 497).source
  • 495Husi Chun, general of Northern Wei (d. 537)source
  • 496Emperor Xiao Wen Di of Northern Wei starts the Sinicization process, by changing his clan name to the Han Chinese surname Yuan.source
  • 496Erzhu Tianguang, general of Northern Wei (d. 532)source
  • 497Crown Prince Yuan Xun of Northern Wei (b. 483)source
  • 498Jie Min Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532)source
  • 499Crown prince Xuan Wu Di, age 16, succeeds his father Xiaowen and becomes emperor of Northern Wei. He appoints his uncle Yuan Xie provincial governor, who serves temporarily as regent to form a new government.source
  • 499Feng Run, Chinese empress of Northern Weisource
  • 500Erzhu Shilong, high-official of Northern Wei (d. 532)source

6th century

  • 507Battle of Zhongli: army of Liang dynasty led by Wei Rui decisively defeated army of Northern Weisource
  • 507Xiao Zhuang Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 531)source
  • 508Yuan Xie, prince of the Northern Wei Dynastysource
  • 510Xiao Ming Di, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 528)source
  • 513An Ding Wang, emperor of Northern Wei (d. 532)source
  • 515Gao Zhao, high official of Northern Weisource
  • 518November 14 – Gao, Chinese empress dowager of Northern Wei (murdered)source
  • 523The Songyue Pagoda is completed during the Northern Wei era; the circular-based tower is still 40 m (131 ft) in height.source
  • 525Yuan Cha, high official of Northern Wei (approximate date)source
  • 526Wang Lin, general of the Liang Dynasty and Northern Wei (d. 573)source
  • 528March 31 – Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei, emperor of Northern Wei, is poisoned by order of his mother, the regent Empress Dowager Hu.source
  • 528May 17 – Empress Dowager Hu, regent of Northern Wei, having resorted to an old monarchist tool and executed lovers who have displeased her, is drowned in the Yellow River along with the nominal emperor, the baby Yuan Zhao, and prince Yuan Yong by order of General Erzhu Rong, who places 21-year-old Yuan Ziyou on the throne as Emperor Xiaozhuang of Northern Wei.source
  • 528May 17 – Empress Dowager Hu of Northern Weisource
  • 529Yuan Hao, imperial prince of Northern Weisource
  • 530Emperor Xiao Zhuang Di is arrested and imprisoned in a Buddhist temple at Jinyang (Shanxi). He is succeeded by Chang Guang Wang, who becomes the new ruler of Northern Wei.source
  • 530Erzhu Rong, general of Northern Wei (b. 493)source
  • 531The reign of Chang Guang Wang, ruler of Northern Wei, ends. Gao Huan, Chinese general, begins a rebellion and declares another member of the imperial clan, An Ding Wang, emperor.source
  • 531Xiao Zhuang Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 507)source
  • 532An Ding Wang commits suicide, and is succeeded by Xiao Wu Di as Chinese emperor of Northern Wei.source
  • 532An Ding Wang, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 513)source
  • 533Erzhu Zhao, general of Northern Weisource
  • 535The Northern Wei dynasty ends: The northern region of China is split into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei during a civil war. The first ruler is Wen Di; he makes his son Fei Di crown prince.source
  • 535Xiao Wu Di, emperor of Northern Wei (b. 510)source
  • 537Husi Chun, general of Northern Wei (b. 495)source
  • 547Gao Huan, general of Northern Wei (b. 496)source
  • 556Erzhu Ying'e, empress of Northern Weisource

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