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Sun Quan

Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period

17 dated entries naming Sun Quan, drawn from 13 separate years between 177 CE and 252 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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2nd century

  • 177Sun Yu, Chinese warlord and cousin of Sun Quan (d. 215)source
  • 182July 5 – Sun Quan, Chinese emperor of the Eastern Wu state (d. 252)source

3rd century

  • 203Battle of Xiakou: Warlord Sun Quan battles his rival Huang Zu along the Yangtze River near Wuhan.source
  • 208Spring – Battle of Jiangxia: Sun Quan defeats Huang Zu.source
  • 213Battle of Ruxu: Cao Cao clashes against Sun Quan.source
  • 214Battle of Xiaoyao Ford: General Zhang Liao under the command of Cao Cao beats back Sun Quan at Hefei.source
  • 215Zhang Liao holds off Sun Quan's invasion force at the Battle of Xiaoyao Ford in Hefei, China.source
  • 215Chen Wu, Chinese general serving under Sun Quansource
  • 217Battle of Ruxu: Warlord Cao Cao once again clashes with his rival Sun Quan in Yang Province.source
  • 219Cao Cao controls the Yellow River basin and northern China. Sun Quan rules southern China. Liu Bei controls Yi Province (covering present-day Sichuan and Chongqing).source
  • 219Guan Yu floods the fortress at Fan (present-day Fancheng District, Xiangyang, Hubei) in the Battle of Fancheng, while Lü Meng captures his base in Jing Province. Guan Yu retreats to Maicheng, falls into an ambush, and gets captured by Sun Quan's forces.source
  • 219Jiang Qin (or Gongyi), Chinese general serving under Sun Quansource
  • 224September – In the Eastern Wu Kingdom, the Emperor Sun Quan orders the demotion of General Zhang Wen and his removal from command, commenting in the decree, "Oh, Zhang Wen, you are so fortunate to be spared from death." Two other officers, General Ji Yan and General Xu Biao are arrested and permitted to commit suicide rather than to be executed.source
  • 226A merchant from the Roman Empire, called "Qin Lun" by the Chinese, arrives in Jiaozhi (modern Hanoi), and is taken to see King Sun Quan of Eastern Wu, who requests him to make a report on his native country and people. He is given an escort for the return trip, including a present of ten male and ten female "blackish-colored dwarfs." However, the officer in charge of the Chinese escort dies, and Qin Lun has to continue his journey home alone.source
  • 229June 23 – Chinese warlord Sun Quan formally declares himself emperor of the Eastern Wu state. The city of Jianye (modern Nanjing) is founded as the capital of Eastern Wu. The independent kingdoms in Cambodia and Laos become Eastern Wu vassals.source
  • 252Sun Liang succeeds his father Sun Quan, as emperor of the Chinese state of Eastern Wu.source
  • 252May 21 – Sun Quan, founder of the Eastern Wu state (b. 182)source

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