Hist 487_15 Timeline: The Yuan Dynasty

1206 Chinggis Khan (ca. 1167-1227) comes to power in Mongolia as the supreme ruler.

1214 The Jin move their capital to Kaifeng

1227 The empire of the Xixia comes to an end. Death of Genghis Khan

1229 Yelü Chucai is appointed administrator-general of north China

1233 Mongols seize Kaifeng

1234 Mongols and Song attack Jin; end of Jin

1236 First issue of paper money in the Mongol realm

1239 The Mongols entrust tax collection to officials who come from Central Asia

1251 Liu Bingzhong's reforms

1253 Mongol armies reach Sichuan and Yunnan

1257 Mongol incursions into Vietnam

1260 Accession of Khubilai Khan; use of promissory notes enforced, other kinds of money excluded

1264 Beijing established as the Mongol capital (Khanbalik/Dadu)

1271 Dynastuc title 'Yuan' (Origin) is chosen.

1274 First Mongol attempt to invade Japan

1276 The Mongol army enters Hangzhou.

1279 The last Song emperor commits suicide. China occupied by the Mongols.

1279-1294 Construction of the northern part of the Grand Canal

1281 Second attempt of the Mongols to invade Japan; Kamikaze destroys the Sino-Korean fleet commanded by the Mongols

1285 Champa and Cambodia recognize Mongol suzerainty.

1287 Second expedition of the Mongol army to Vietnam

1288 Vietnam recognizes Mongol suzerainty

1289 The Yellow River changes its course.

1292-93 Mongol expedition to Java

1294 Death of Khublai Khan

1315 Frist recruitment competition of civil officials under Mongol rule

1324 The Yellow River changes its course.

1336 The Yellow River returns to its old course.

1346 Peasant revolts.

1351 Anti-Mongol insurrections spread. (Red Turbans)

1355 Han Liner, a rebel leader, proclaims himself emperor of the Song. Local armies attack the Mongols successfully. They increasingly retire to the north.

1364 Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself Prince of Wu.

1368 Beijing liberated. Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims himself emperor of the Ming Dynasty.