Timeline of the Ming dynasty

A timeline of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644) from the rise of the Hongwu Emperor to the rise and establishment of the Qing dynasty.

Background

1320s

1330s

1340s

1350s

1360s

14th century

1360s

1370s

1380s

1390s

15th century

1400s

1410s

1420s

1430s

1440s

1450s

1460s

1470s

1480s

1490s

16th century

1500s

1510s

1520s

1530s

1540s

1550s

1560s

1570s

1580s

1590s

17th century

1600s

1610s

1620s

1630s

1640s

1650s

1660s

Gallery

Red Turban Rebellion (1351–1368)
Yellow River course change in 1358
Moghulistan in 1372
Jingnan Campaign (1399–1402)
Zheng He's treasure ships (1405–1433)
Yishiha's voyages in the context of military and diplomatic activities in the Yongle era of the Ming dynasty. Yishiha's route is in blue, along with those of Zheng He (in black) and Chen Cheng (in green).
The Yongle Emperor's campaigns against the Mongols, (1410–1424)
Region suffering from Miao rebellions during the Ming dynasty
Tumu Crisis in 1449
Moghulistan in 1490
14th and 16th century wokou raids
Yarkent Khanate and Mansur Khan's Turpan Khanate in 1517
Realm of Altan Khan in 1571
Yarkent Khanate in 1572
Xu Xiake's (1587–1641) travels
Ming–Turpan conflict, 15th to 16th centuries
Battle of Ningyuan in 1626
Late Ming peasant rebellions 1628–1636
Li Zicheng's rebellion 1637–1644
Battle of Shanhai Pass in 1644
Southern Ming in November 1644
The flight of the Yongli Emperor—the last sovereign of the Southern Ming dynasty—from 1647 to 1661. The provincial and national boundaries are those of the People's Republic of China.

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