{"slug": "hunan", "label": "Hunan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45761", "qid": "Q45761", "description": "landlocked province in China", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [-159, 1899], "span_label": ["160 BCE", "1899 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Hunan Province", "Hunan province"], "related": [{"slug": "song-dynasty", "label": "Song dynasty", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sichuan", "label": "Sichuan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "guangxi", "label": "Guangxi", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "han-dynasty", "label": "Han dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "beijing", "label": "Beijing", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kaifeng", "label": "Kaifeng", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yunnan", "label": "Yunnan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kangxi-emperor", "label": "Kangxi Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wu-sangui", "label": "Wu Sangui", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ma-chu", "label": "Ma Chu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hubei", "label": "Hubei", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "taiping-rebellion", "label": "Taiping Rebellion", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A Painted banner, from the tomb of the wife of the Marquis of Dai, of the Han dynasty, in Mawangdui, Changsha, Hunan, is made (approximate date). It is nowadays preserved at the Historical museum in Beijing.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#China", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – The Chu Kingdom is founded by the warlord Ma Yin (Prince of Chu) in Changsha. Present-day Hunan and Guangxi provinces (Southern China) are under his control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#China", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 975, "year_label": "975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Taizu conquers Hunan Province and brings the power of the military under Song control. Ending the era of the warlords (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341513424#China", "title": "975", "revid": 1341513424, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 976, "year_label": "976 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Emperor Taizu (Zhao Kuangyin) dies at Kaifeng after a 16-year reign. He is succeeded by his brother Tai Zong as ruler of the Song Dynasty. During his rule the Yuelu Academy (located in Hunan Province) is founded, which becomes one of the renowned academies (Shūyuàn).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468275#China", "title": "976", "revid": 1364468275, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Peasants in the modern-day provinces of Hunan and Hubei in the east of China plant 84 million fruit trees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#Date_unknown", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1664, "year_label": "1664 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Changsha becomes the capital of Hunan province, having been upgraded from a superior prefecture", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243748835#Events", "title": "1664 in China", "revid": 1243748835, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "1673, Wu's forces captured Hunan and Sichuan provinces", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243748929#Events", "title": "1673 in China", "revid": 1243748929, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Revolt of the Three Feudatories in southern China: rebel general Wu Sangui, lord of the Yunnan fief, takes the imperial crown, names himself monarch of \"The Great Zhou\", based in the Hunan province, with Hengyang as his capital. He contracts dysentery over the summer and dies on October 2, ending the rebellion against the Kangxi Emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368552109#January–March", "title": "1678", "revid": 1368552109, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Qing general Zhao Liangdong proposes a three-pronged attack on Yunnan, with imperial armies from Hunan, Guangxi and Sichuan. Cai Yurong, Viceroy of Yun-Gui, led the attack on the rebels together with Zhang Tai and Laita Giyesu, conquering Mount Wuhua and besieging Kunming.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243748965#Events", "title": "1681 in China", "revid": 1243748965, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The first mention of chili peppers in local gazettes in Hunan. They would later become a staple of Hunanese cuisine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243748985#Events", "title": "1684 in China", "revid": 1243748985, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1852, "year_label": "1852 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces enter Hunan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354165010#April–June", "title": "1852", "revid": 1354165010, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 8", "text": "January 8 – Taiping Rebellion: Zeng Guofan is ordered to assist the governor of Hunan in organizing a militia force to search for local bandits.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#January–March", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 - Hunan province opens to foreign trade for the first time.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343085721#Events", "title": "1899 in China", "revid": 1343085721, "section": "Events"}}]}