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Qin Shi Huang

first emperor of Qin Dynasty

21 dated entries naming Qin Shi Huang, drawn from 18 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.

Also written as First Emperor, Shihuangdi, Ying Zheng in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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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 (died 210 BC)source
  • 259 BCEFebruary 18 – Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China (died 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
  • 239 BCECheng Jiao, the half-brother of Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, is sent to attack the State of Zhao, but he attempts to usurp power and is defeated and executed.source
  • 238 BCEYing Zheng, having reached adulthood, celebrates his capping ceremony as the king of Qin.source
  • 236 BCEKing Ying Zheng of the State of Qin begins a series of campaigns against the State of Zhao that will end with Zhao's conquest in 228 BC. The Qin generals Huan Yi Yang Duan He and Wang Jian seize nine cities in the Yecheng region.source
  • 235 BCEThe exile Lü Buwei, facing the suspicion of Ying Zheng, commits suicide.source
  • 232 BCEThe king of Qin, Ying Zheng, invites Prince Han Fei, a legalist philosopher and member of the Han royal family, to the Qin court. However, at the instigation of Li Si, he then has him imprisoned and executed as a threat to the state.source
  • 227 BCEThe Qin generals Wang Jian, Li Xin and Wang Ben invade the State of Yan in vengeance for an assassination attempt against the king of Qin, Ying Zheng, that had been organized by Crown Prince Dan.source
  • 226 BCEThe Qin generals Wang Jian, Li Xin and Wang Ben conquer western Yan and its capital Ji. To secure peace, king Xi of Yan executes his son Crown Prince Dan, who is wanted for the attempted assassination of the king of Qin, Ying Zheng.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 BCEThe Terracotta Army in the mausoleum of Emperor Shihuangdi, Lintong, Shaanxi, is made (Qin dynasty) (approximate date).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 (born 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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