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Conflict East Asia

Red Turban Rebellion

1351 CE – 1368 CE · 17 years

A massive peasant rebellion against Mongol Yuan rule in China. From the chaos, Zhu Yuanzhang rose to power, defeated rival warlords, overthrew the Yuan, and founded the Ming Dynasty as the Hongwu Emperor.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Red Turban rebels
  • Yuan Dynasty (Mongol)

Key moments

Defining events in the Red Turban Rebellion.

  1. 1363 Battle of Lake Poyang
  2. 1368 Fall of Dadu/Beijing
  3. 1363 Siege of Nanchang

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1351 CE and 1368 CE.

1351 CE Wars of Ayutthaya 1351 CE Ayutthaya 1353 CE Wars of Lan Xang 1352 CE Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp 1354 CE Ottoman Wars in Europe

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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