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Northern Zhou

Xianbei-led dynasty of China

36 dated entries naming Northern Zhou, drawn from 31 separate years between 515 CE and 650 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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6th century

  • 515Yuwen Hu, regent of Northern Zhou (died 572)source
  • 534Ming Di, emperor of the Northern Zhou (died 560)source
  • 536unknown date – Li Ezi, Chinese empress dowager of Northern Zhou (died 588)source
  • 542Xiao Min Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (died 557)source
  • 543Wu Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (died 578)source
  • 544Yuwen Xian, prince of Northern Zhou (died 578)source
  • 547Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (died 586)source
  • 551Ashina, empress of Northern Zhou (died 582)source
  • 557The Western Wei Dynasty ends: Yuwen Hu deposes emperor Gong Di, and places Yuwen Tai's son Xiaomin on the throne. Yuwen Hu becomes regent and establishes the Northern Zhou dynasty in China.source
  • 557Xiao Min Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (born 542)source
  • 558Empress Dugu, Northern Zhou consortsource
  • 559Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (died 580)source
  • 560Ming Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (born 534)source
  • 561Yang Lihua, empress of Northern Zhou (died 609)source
  • 565Chen Yueyi, empress of Northern Zhou (approximate date)source
  • 566Yuchi Chifan, empress of Northern Zhou (died 595)source
  • 567Three Disasters of Wu: Emperor Wu Di of the Northern Zhou dynasty initiates the second persecution of Buddhists in China. This persecution continues until he is succeeded by his son Emperor Xuan.source
  • 572Yuwen Hu, regent of Northern Zhou (born 515)source
  • 573Jing Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (died 581)source
  • 574Xuan, empress of Northern Zhousource
  • 577A predecessor of the modern match, small sticks of pinewood impregnated with sulfur, are first used in China. Besieged by military forces of Northern Zhou and Chen, Northern Qi court ladies use the "lighting sticks" to start fires for cooking and heating.source
  • 577Winter – Northern Qi, one of the Northern Dynasties, is conquered by Northern Zhou under Emperor Wu Di. He orders the last ruler (Gao Wei) and other members of the Gao clan to commit suicide. Northern China, above the Yangtze River, is once again brought under the control of a single power.source
  • 578Wu Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (born 543)source
  • 578Wu Di, age 35, dies from an illness, and is succeeded by his eldest son Xuan Di as emperor of Northern Zhou.source
  • 579Emperor Xuan Di abdicates the throne to his son Jing Di, age 6, and rules as regent the Northern Zhou dynasty.source
  • 580The Northern Zhou dynasty, strategically based in the basin of the Wei River, is supreme in Northern China. In the south only the Chen dynasty remains a rival.source
  • 580Xuan Di, emperor of Northern Zhou (born 559)source
  • 581The Northern Zhou dynasty ends: Yáng Jiān executes the last ruler, 8-year-old Jing Di, along with 58 royal relatives at Chang'an. He proclaims himself emperor, and establishes the Sui dynasty in China.source
  • 581Jing Di, Chinese emperor of Northern Zhou (born 573)source
  • 582Ashina, empress of Northern Zhou (born 551)source
  • 586Zhu Manyue, empress of Northern Zhou (born 547)source
  • 588Li Ezi, empress of Northern Zhou (born 536)source
  • 595Yuchi Chifan, empress of Northern Zhou (born 566)source

7th century

  • 609Yang Lihua, empress of Northern Zhou (born 561)source
  • 616Yuan Humo, empress of Northern Zhousource
  • 650Chen Yueyi, empress of Northern Zhou (approximate date)source

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