Southern Han
one of the Ten Kingdoms of 10th-century China, centered on Guangdong Province
12 dated entries naming Southern Han, drawn from 12 separate years between 874 CE and 980 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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9th century
10th century
- 911April 4 – Liu Yin, governor of Southern Han (b. 874)source
- 917September 5 – The Great Yue Kingdom, later renamed Southern Han, is founded by Liu Yan, former governor and military advisor, in Panyu (modern Guangdong) and Guangxi. Liu Yan declares himself emperor, and gives his niece Liu Hua in marriage to Wang Yanjun, a son of his rival Wang Shenzhi (Prince of Min), to cement a relationship between the two states.source
- 920Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (d. 943)source
- 930May 31 – Liu Hua, princess of Southern Han (b. 896)source
- 935January 22 – Ma, empress of Southern Hansource
- 938Battle of Bach Dang: Tĩnh Hải Quân forces under the rule of Ngô Quyền defeated an invading force of the Southern Han state at the Bach Dang River. This put an end to Chinese imperial domination in Vietnam after nearly 1,000 years.source
- 942Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (d. 980)source
- 943April 15 – Liu Bin, emperor of Southern Han (b. 920)source
- 971January 23 – A war elephant corps of the Southern Han is defeated at Shao, by crossbow fire from Song dynasty troops. The Southern Han Kingdom is forced to submit to the Song dynasty. Ending Southern Han rule, but also the first regular war elephant corps employed in a Chinese army, that had gained the Southern Han victories throughout the 10th century.source
- 980Liu Chang, emperor of Southern Han (b. 942)source
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