{"slug": "emperor-yingzong-of-ming", "label": "Emperor Yingzong of Ming", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Yingzong_of_Ming", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9983", "qid": "Q9983", "description": "emperor of the Ming Dynasty", "entries": 18, "years": 13, "span": [1427, 1464], "span_label": ["1427 CE", "1464 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Zhengtong", "Zhengtong Emperor"], "related": [{"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "jingtai-emperor", "label": "Jingtai Emperor", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "chenghua-emperor", "label": "Chenghua Emperor", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mong-mao", "label": "Mong Mao", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mongols", "label": "Mongols", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "forbidden-city", "label": "Forbidden City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "emperor-of-china", "label": "Emperor of China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "xuande-emperor", "label": "Xuande Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1427, "year_label": "1427 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (d. 1464)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937201#Births", "title": "1427", "revid": 1365937201, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1428, "year_label": "1428 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 20", "text": "February 20 – Zhu Qizhen, son of China's Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, is named as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father. He will become the Emperor Yingzong of Ming in 1435.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359832254#January–March", "title": "1428", "revid": 1359832254, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1435, "year_label": "1435 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 8", "text": "March 8 – Prince Zhu Qiyu, who will become the Emperor of China in 1449, is appointed as the Prince of Cheng in the name of the Emperor Yingzong of Ming.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370372061#January–March", "title": "1435", "revid": 1370372061, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1436, "year_label": "1436 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "In Ming dynasty China, the inauguration of the Zhengtong-era Emperor Yingzong of Ming takes place.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320639#Date_unknown", "title": "1436", "revid": 1351320639, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1438, "year_label": "1438 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – In Ming dynasty China, the Emperor Yingzong gives the order to his General, Mu Sheng, to go to war against the state of the Dai people (on the border with the Burmese Kingdom of Ava)and their ruler, King Möng Mao.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365935905#October–December", "title": "1438", "revid": 1365935905, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – In China, Qian marries the 14-year-old Emperor Yingzong of Ming and becomes the primary Empress Consort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#April–June", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 18", "text": "November 18 – A few days before his 15th birthday, Emperor Yingzong of Ming assumes full control of the Empire of China, two days before the death of his grandmother and regent Empress Dowager Chengxiaozhao.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#October–December", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1443, "year_label": "1443 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Buddhist Zhihua Temple (智化寺) is built in Beijing, at the order of Wang Zhen, chief eunuch at the court of the Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349474708#Date_unknown", "title": "1443", "revid": 1349474708, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 20", "text": "July 20 – News arrives at the imperial court of the Emperor Yingzong of China of a Mongol invasion from the north, led by the Khagan Esen Taishi. Yingzong orders the dispatch of 45,000 soldiers from the Beijing garrison, led by four generals, to advance to Datong and Xuanfu to guard the border.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#July–September", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1449, "year_label": "1449 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1 – Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming dynasty army, and capture the Emperor Xingzong of China on September 3. The Emperor is officially deposed, while his brother Zhu Qiyu ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365251873#July–September", "title": "1449", "revid": 1365251873, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – The Jingtai Era begins in China under the Emperor Daizong, and the Zhengtong Era ends after 14 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#January–March", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1450, "year_label": "1450 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 19", "text": "September 19 – China's Emperor Yingzong returns to Beijing after having been held as a prisoner of war by the Mongols since September 1, 1449. Upon returning, he is held under house arrest in the Forbidden City along with his wife, the Empress Qian, on orders of his younger brother Emperor Daizong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358834049#July–September", "title": "1450", "revid": 1358834049, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1452, "year_label": "1452 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – China's Emperor Daizhong, brother of the former emperor Yingzong, designates his son as the new heir to the throne, demoting Daizhong's son Zhu Jianshen and placing his own son, Zhu Janji, as next in line for the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355060030#April–June", "title": "1452", "revid": 1355060030, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1457, "year_label": "1457 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – In Ming dynasty China, the Emperor Yingzong of Ming is returned to the throne by General Cao Jixiang and other officers who had staged a coup d'etat and overthrown his brother, the Emperor Daizong. Yingzong, whose first reign was the Zhengtong era, proclaims the Tianshun era.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845780#January–March", "title": "1457", "revid": 1359845780, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1457, "year_label": "1457 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – Prince Zhu Jianshen is designated as the heir to the Chinese throne by his father, the Emperor Yingzong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359845780#January–March", "title": "1457", "revid": 1359845780, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1461, "year_label": "1461 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 7", "text": "August 7 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Imperial City, Beijing (which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution, he flees to his home in the city, and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365256665#July–September", "title": "1461", "revid": 1365256665, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – Prince Zhu Jianshen becomes the new Ming dynasty Emperor of China, taking the regnal name Emperor Xianzong upon the death of his father, the Emperor Yingzong of Ming. His reign is subsequently designated as the Chenghua Era.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#January–March", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 23", "text": "February 23 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (b. 1427)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#Deaths", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Deaths"}}]}