Forbidden City built
1406–1420 · Event
Yongle Emperor moves the capital to Beijing and constructs the imperial palace complex.
On these timelines: Master, China, Arts and Thoughts
Around 1406
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Ming dynasty (1368)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Mehmed II (1432)
- Gutenberg prints the 42-line Bible (1455)
- Sultanate of Malacca founded (1400)