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Western Wei

dynasty in Northwest China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period

14 dated entries naming Western Wei, drawn from 12 separate years between 507 CE and 580 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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6th century

  • 507Wen Di, emperor of Western Wei (d. 551)source
  • 509Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (d. 580)source
  • 510Yifu, empress of Western Wei (d. 540)source
  • 525Yujiulü, empress of Western Wei (d. 540)source
  • 535The Northern Wei dynasty ends: The northern region of China is split into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei during a civil war. The first ruler is Wen Di; he makes his son Fei Di crown prince.source
  • 537Eastern Wei sends an advance guard of three army columns through the Tong Pass, to attack Western Wei. The Western army under Yu-Wen Tai defeats one of the columns while the others retreat. Yu-Wen follows up, but runs into the main Eastern army (200,000 men). The Westerners are pushed back through the pass, and the Eastern army emerges from the mountains. Unexpectedly they are charged in the flank by 10,000 Western cavalry, and 6,000 Easterners are killed and 70,000 captured.source
  • 537Gong Di, emperor of Western Wei (d. 557)source
  • 540Yifu, empress of Western Wei (b. 510)source
  • 551Wen Di, emperor of Western Wei (b. 507)source
  • 554Gong Di succeeds his brother Fei Di as emperor of Western Wei. He is deposed by general Yuwen Tai who puts him to death.source
  • 554Fei Di (Yuan Qin), emperor of Western Weisource
  • 556Yuwen Tai, general of Western Wei (b. 507)source
  • 557The Western Wei Dynasty ends: Yuwen Hu deposes emperor Gong Di, and places Yuwen Tai's son Xiaomin on the throne. Yuwen Hu becomes regent and establishes the Northern Zhou dynasty in China.source
  • 580Wei Xiaokuan, general of Western Wei (b. 509)source

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