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| 1281 |
| | | For the second time Japan is saved from Mongol invasion by powerful storms - which are given the name kamikaze, or 'divine wind' | |
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| 1294 |
| | | Kublai Khan dies and is succeeded, as second emperor of the Yuan dynasty, by his grandson Temür | |
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| 1346 |
| | | The plague which later becomes known as the Black Death makes its first appearance in China | |
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| c. 1350 |
| | | The classic Chinese underglaze blue is perfected in the imperial ceramic factory at Jingdezhen | |
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| 1356 |
| | | Chu Yüan-chang, leader of a peasant band, makes his headquarters in a town which he renames Nanking - 'southern capital' | |
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| 1356 |
| | | Zhu Yuanzhang, a one-time Buddhist novice now leading a major rebellion against the Yuan dynasty, captures Nanjing and makes it his capital | |
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| 1368 |
| | | Chu Yüan-chang drives the Mongols out of Beijing and declares a new dynasty - the Ming (meaning 'brilliant') | |
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| 1368 |
| | | On the fall of the Yuan dynasty, replaced by the Ming, Tibet declares its independence from China | |
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| 1421 |
| | | The third Ming emperor moves the capital from Nanjing to Beijing and begins laying out the Forbidden City | |
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| c. 1425 |
| | | The Temple of Heaven in Beijing is built for the third emperor of the Ming dynasty | |
|  | Temple of Heaven, Beijing
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