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Birth of Lokaksema, a Yuezhi monk from Kushan who translated Mahayana Buddhist texts into Chinese.
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Death of Cao Zhi, a famous poet, author of the Seven Paces Poem
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Four Gates Pagoda is completed. This structuer is located at the foot of Qinglong Mountain, near Liubu Village, in Licheng District,
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This battle was a decisive victory for Li Shimin
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Pepin the Short is annointed king of the Franks
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Bi Sheng invents the earliest movable type printing.
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The compilation of the New Book of Tang, edited by Ouyang Xiu, is presented to the emperor.
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First use of the drydock ( is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform) in China
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Painter Guo Xi creates the famous painting Early Spring.
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Clock tower of Su Song is completed in Kaifeng, featuring an escapement mechanism and chain drive
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Mi Fei was a Chinese painter, poet, and calligrapher from the Song Dynasty.
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This was a six-year battle between invading Yuan Dynasty armies.
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This battle is considered to be the last stand of the Song Dynasty against the invading Mongol-controlled Yuan Dynasty. The Yuan navy delivered a crushing victory, over the Song.
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A battle between Đại Việt and the invading army of the Yuan Dynasty takes place.
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The rhyme dictionary (a chinese dictionary for poetry and such) Zhongyuan Yinyun is published by Zhou Deqing.
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Pagoda of Bailin Temple is completed.
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One of the world's worst plagues comes to an end.
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One of the largest naval battles, in world history in terms of personnel, takes place.
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This secret police organization is established.
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After a three-year long civil war with his nephew, the Jianwen Emperor, Yongle takes the throne.
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1420 After years of a construction project for a new capital and Forbidden City, the Yongle Emperor declares Beijing the new capital, while Nanjing is demoted.
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Famous painter Shen Zhou is born.
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The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary, a Chinese dictionary from the Han dynasty, is completed by Xu Shen.
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Cai Lun invents the process of making paper (involves cooking, cleaning, beating, papermaking, pressing, and drying.)
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this battle was a military engagement fought between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan
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Han Gan, a famous chinese painter from the Tang dynasty, dies.
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Prince Li Gao has the first Chinese paddle-wheel ships made.
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This revolution really weakened the once mighty Tang Dynasty, which dissolved within a few decades after the rebellion,
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The Huang Chao Rebellion is crushed by the Tang troops.
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Birth of a famous philosopher
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Zhang Heng invents the first hydraulic-powered armillary sphere, given motive power by a waterwheel and incorporating an inflow water clock.