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1360Birth of the Prince of Yan, future Yongle Emperor of the Ming dynasty.
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1368 - 1644Reign of the Ming Dynasty in China.
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1403 - 1424Reign of the Yongle Emperor (aka Chengzu) of the Ming Dynasty.
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1405 - 1433The mariner and explorer Zheng He makes seven voyages from China to India, Arabia and East Africa.
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1407Work begins on the Forbidden City in Beijing.
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1420The Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty establishes the Eastern Depot, a secret service branch of the state bureaucracy.
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1421Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty moves the capital of China from Nanjing to Beijing.
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1424Death of the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty while on campaign against the Mongols.
