January 23 971 – The Southern Han are defeated and forced to submit at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops, the 1st regular war elephant corps of the Chinese Army 1368 – Zhu Yuanzhang becomes the Hongwu Emperor, initiating Ming Dynasty rule over China 1556 – An estimated 830,000 people are killed by […]

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