Forbidden City completed
1420 · Event
Yongle Emperor moves Ming capital to Beijing; vast palace complex built in 14 years; serves as imperial residence for 500 years.
On these timelines: Master, Arts and Thoughts, China
Around 1420
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Gutenberg's printing press (1440)
- Renaissance (1400)
- Wars of the Roses (1455)
- Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (1387)
- Mehmed II (1432)
- Gutenberg prints the 42-line Bible (1455)
- Forbidden City built (1406)
- Sengoku period (1467)