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Qin Shi Huang

first emperor of Qin Dynasty

13 dated entries naming Qin Shi Huang, drawn from 11 separate years between 260 BCE and 1974 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 BC

  • 260 BCEZheng, who will later become king of the State of Qin, and then later the First Emperor of China (d. 210 BC)source
  • 259 BCEFebruary 18 – Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (d. 210 BC)source
  • 247 BCEThe 13-year-old Ying Zheng, later called Qin Shi Huang, succeeds his father Zhuangxiang of Qin (Zichu) on the throne. Prime Minister Lü Buwei becomes the regent of the king.source
  • 221 BCEThe state of Qi – by now the only other independent state in China –, is invaded by the Qin generals Wang Ben, Li Xin and Meng Tian and surrenders after offering minimal resistance. Ying Zheng, the king of Qin unifies China and proclaims himself the First Emperor, as he is the first Chinese sovereign able to rule the whole country, thus ending the Warring States period. He is known by historians as Qin Shi Huang.source
  • 220 BCEQin Shi Huang begins a system of tree-lined roads to interconnect all parts of China, and begins to join regional walls to form the beginnings of the Great Wall (Wan li chang cheng).source
  • 219 BCEQin Shi Huang orders his generals to capture present-day Guangdong and Guangxi.source
  • 215 BCEEmperor Qin Shi Huang orders the construction of his mausoleum to begin(source?), including the famous Terracotta Army.source
  • 214 BCEQin Shi Huang orders general Ren Xiao (任囂), commanding 200,000 troops, to conquer the kingdoms in present-day northern Vietnam.source
  • 214 BCEQin Shi Huang orders the construction of Lingqu, the oldest contour canal.source
  • 213 BCEEmperor Qin Shi Huang and Prime Minister Li Si order all Confucian writings destroyed in the burning of books and burying of scholars.source
  • 210 BCEQin Er Shi becomes Emperor of the Qin dynasty of China. His advisors Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si forge a decree by the late Emperor Qin Shi Huang that orders the execution of Qin Er Shi's elder brother Fusu and Fusu's ally, the general Meng Tian.source
  • 210 BCEQin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (b. 259 BC)source

20th century

  • 1974March 29 – The Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang is discovered at Xi'an, China.source

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