Ten Kingdoms

10 mostly independent kingdoms in China ruling from the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 until the rise of the Song dynasty in 960

21 dated entries naming Ten Kingdoms, drawn from 19 separate years between 862 CE and 991 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

  • 862Wang Shenzhi, founder of Min (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 925)source

10th century

  • 924Gao Baoxu, king of Nanping (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 962)source
  • 925Winter – Former Shu, one of the Ten Kingdoms in China, is invaded by Later Tang forces of Emperor Zhuang Zong, who incorporates the kingdom into his domains.source
  • 927January 14 – Wang Yanhan, king of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 931Wang Yanbing, prince of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 934Xu Zhixun, general of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 935Wang Yanjun, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 935November 17 – Wang Yanjun, Emperor Huizong of Min (Ten Kingdoms), is killed in his own palace in an uprising together with his empress consort and several clansmen, and succeeded as second emperor by his son Wang Jipeng.source
  • 937Yang Meng, prince of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 937November 10 – Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang Pu. The Wu State is replaced and Li (called "Xu Zhigao") becomes the first emperor of Southern Tang, one of the Ten Kingdoms in southern China.source
  • 938Lady Peng, noblewoman of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 939August 29 – Li Chunyan, empress of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 940Yang Lian, crown prince of Wu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 943November 8 – Liu, empress of Qi (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 877)source
  • 944April 8 – Wang Yanxi, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 945February 14 – Zhu Wenjin, emperor of Min (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 947May 30 – Ma Xifan, king of Chu (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 899)source
  • 951January 25 – Ma Xiguang, ruler of Chu (Ten Kingdoms)source
  • 955October 22 – Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (d. 991)source
  • 963The Nanping State, one of the Ten Kingdoms in south-central China, is forced to surrender, when invaded by armies of the Song Dynasty.source
  • 991Qian Weijun, king of Wuyue (Ten Kingdoms) (b. 955)source

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