Yongle Emperor moves capital to Beijing
1421 · Event
Ming Yongle moves capital from Nanjing; builds the Forbidden City; commissions Zheng He's voyages and the Yongle Encyclopedia.
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- Xinhai Revolution (1911)
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- 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)
- Albrecht Durer (1471)
- Forbidden City built (1406)