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1328Zhu Yuanzhang, the future founder of the Ming Dynasty, the Hongwu Emperor, is born.
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1355Zhu Yuanzhang, the future Ming Hongwu Emperor, takes over the leadership of the rebel Red Turbans Movement.
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1356Zhu Yuanzhang, leader of the rebel Red Turbans Movement and future Ming Hongwu Emperor, takes control of Nanjing.
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1360Zhu Yuanzhang, future Ming Hongwu Emperor, defeats the rival rebel leader Chen Youliang at the battle of Poyang Lake.
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1367Zhu Yuanzhang, future Ming Hongwu Emperor, defeats the rival rebel leader Zhang Shicheng.
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1368 - 1398Reign of the Hongwu Emperor, founder of the Ming Dynasty in China.
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1368 - 1644Reign of the Ming Dynasty in China.
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23 Jan 1368Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Ming Dynasty, declares himself Emperor of China, taking the reign name Hongwu.
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1370Civil service entrance examinations are reintroduced in China.
