Events in the Year of the Dragon

 

Events in the Year of the Dragon

 

Main years of the Year of the Dragon

1880, 1892, 1904, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036, 2048, 2060, etc.

 

Major events in the Year of the Dragon

 

In 221 BC (Gengchen), Qin Shihuang destroyed the last vassal state, Qi, and unified the six kingdoms.

On January 10, 9 AD (the end of the Wuchen Year), Wang Mang usurped the throne, named the country "Xin", and the Western Han Dynasty fell.

In AD 68 (Wuchen), Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty ordered the construction of the White Horse Temple in Luoyang and invited two Indian Buddhist masters to compile the Buddhist scripture "The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters" in the temple. Buddhism began to spread in China.

In 200 AD (Gengchen), the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought, known in history as the Battle of Guandu. Cao Cao defeated more with less and laid the foundation for unifying the north.

In AD 1592 (Renchen), the Ming-Wanli Korean War broke out. In December, the Ming court appointed managers Song Yingchang and Li Rusong to fight in the DPRK.

In 1856 AD (Bingchen), Hong Xiuquan secretly ordered the Northern King Wei Changhui and the Yi King Shi Dakai to rush back to Nanjing and kill the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing. Later, Wei Changhui and Shi Dakai had an internal quarrel, and Shi Dakai ran away overnight. This is the "Tianjing Incident".

In 1916 AD (Bingchen), Cai E, the governor of Yunnan, launched a war against Yuan Huguo. In the same year, Yuan Shikai died of illness.

In 1976 AD (Bingchen), there was a major earthquake in Tangshan. Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, and Mao Zedong died of illness successively. The "Gang of Four" was crushed and the Cultural Revolution ended.