Xiang Yu
Chinese military leader
8 dated entries naming Xiang Yu, drawn from 8 separate years between 232 BCE and 202 BCE. 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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3rd century BC
- 232 BCEXiang Yu, Chinese rebel general against the Qin dynasty, as well as the later nemesis of Liu Bang in the civil war of the Chu-Han contention (d. 202 BC)source
- 208 BCEXiang Liang's nephew Xiang Yu seizes control of Liang's army.source
- 207 BCEThe Chu rebel Xiang Yu defeats the Qin general Zhang Han in the Battle of Julu and becomes the leader of the rebellion against the Qin dynasty.source
- 206 BCEXiang Yu divides China in a power-sharing arrangement known as the Eighteen Kingdoms, with himself the de facto supreme ruler as Hegemon-King of Western Chu.source
- 205 BCEXiang Yu defeats Liu Bang in the Battle of Pengcheng.source
- 204 BCEHan Xin completes the conquest of Zhao and receives the surrender of Yan. He captures the Zhao capital of Handan and defeats Chu relief forces sent by Xiang Yu.source
- 203 BCEAfter Xiang Yu fails to persuade Han Xin to remain neutral, Han Xin and Liu Bang launch a five-pronged invasion of Chu. They decisively defeat Xiang Yu in the Battle of Chen and the Battle of Gaixia.source
- 202 BCEXiang Yu, rebel leader against the Qin dynasty and nemesis of Liu Bang in the Chu–Han Contention (b. 232 BC)source
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- Qin dynasty (3)
- Chu (state) (3)
- China (1)
- Qin (state) (1)
- Zhao (state) (1)
- Yan (state) (1)
- Emperor Gaozu of Han (1)