Timeline of Eastern Han Dynasty history
Posted: April 25th, 2009 | Author: xiaochong | Filed under: history of china timeline | Tags: Eastern Han Dynasty | 1 Comment »Timeline of Eastern Han Dynasty history
| Date | Emperor | Events | Other people/events |
| 23 | Gengshi | ||
| 25 | Guangwu | ||
| 27 | Chimei rebels surrender to Han authority after defeat | ||
| 31 | Prefect Du Shi invents waterwheel-powered bellows for the blast furnace in making cast iron. | ||
| 33 | Rebellion of Gongsun Shu; Gongsun blockades the width of the Yangzi River with a fortified floating pontoon bridge, but his defenses give in once Han General Cen Peng employs ‘castle ships’ to ram and attack Gongsun’s rebel navy | ||
| 43 | Second Chinese domination of Vietnam | ||
| 52 | The first known gazetteer of China, the Yuejue Shu, is written. | ||
| 57 | Sino-Japanese relations | ||
| 58 | Death of Deng Yu, the Prime Minister of Han and military officer. | ||
| 65 | Liu Ying, son of Emperor Guangwu, sponsors Buddhism. | ||
| 68 | White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China, is founded. | ||
| 73 | Battle of Yiwulu | ||
| 83 | Wang Chong correctly theorizes the nature of the water cycle; he is also the first in Chinese history to mention use of the chain pump. | ||
| 87 | Yuan An, an advocate of marriage alliance policies with the Xiongnu, is promoted to the position of Minister over the Masses. | ||
| 88 | He | ||
| 89 | Battle of Ikh Bayan | ||
| 97 | Ban Chao sends envoy Gan Ying to the outskirts of the Roman Empire. | ||
| 100 | The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary is completed by Xu Shen. | ||
| 105 | Cai Lun invents papermaking | Goguryeo-Han Wars | |
| 106 | Shang | ||
| 111 | Ban Zhao completes the Book of Han, which was begun by her father Ban Biao and continued by her elder brother Ban Gu. | ||
| 120 | Zhang Heng completes his star catalogue, documenting 2,500 stars in over 100 constellations, writes a new formula for pi, corrected mistakes in the Chinese calendar, gave reasoning for a spherical moon that reflects light, and noted that lunar eclipse occurred when the earth obstructed the sunlight reaching the moon, while a solar eclipse was the moon’s obstruction of sunlight reaching earth. | ||
| 125 | Zhang Heng invents the first hydraulic-powered armillary sphere, given motive power by a waterwheel and incorporating an inflow water clock, the latter of which he improved by adding a compensating tank between the reservoir and the inflow vessel. | The earliest known Chinese depiction of a mechanical distance-marking odometer is drawn on a mural of the Xiao Tang Shan Tomb. | |
| 132 | Zhang Heng invents a seismometer device that, with a pendulum and complex set of gears and cranks, is able to discern the cardinal direction of earthquakes by the dropping of bronze balls into wrought toad’s mouths indicating the direction. | Birth of Cai Yong, a mathematician, astronomer, musician, calligrapher, and father of Cai Wenji. | |
| 142 | Shun | The Kinship of the Three | |
| 147 | Birth of Lokaksema, a Yuezhi monk from Kushan who translated Mahayana Buddhist texts into Chinese. | ||
| 148 | An Shigao, a Persian prince from Parthia, arrives in China in this year to translate Theravada and Mahayana Buddhist texts into Chinese. | ||
| 166 | Roman embassy reaches China. | Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions | |
| 168 | Ling | ||
| 177 | Birth of Cai Wenji, a famous female poet and musical composer. | ||
| 179 | Earliest known reference to the The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art | ||
| 180 | Ding Huan invents the manual-powered rotary fan, which is recorded in the Hou Han Shu as being able to make halls cool enough for people to shiver during the summer. During the Tang Dynasty, hydraulics were applied to power the rotary fan first innovated by Ding. | ||
| 184 | Yellow Turban Rebellion | ||
| 185 | Zhi Yao, a Yuezhi monk from Kushan, translates Buddhist texts into Chinese. | ||
| 189 | Prince of Hongnong | Dong Zhuo poisons the Prince of Hongnong | Massacre of Eunuchs |
| 190 | Xian | Campaign against Dong Zhuo | Battle of Hulao Pass, Battle of Sishui Pass, Battle of Xingyang |
| 191 | Battle of Jieqiao | Battle of Yangcheng, Battle of Xiangyang | |
| 192 | Lü Bu murders his tyrannical stepfather Dong Zhuo, an assassination plot whose main architect was Wang Yun. | ||
| 193 | Battle of Fengqiu | ||
| 194 | Sun Ce’s conquest of Wu Territory | Battle of Yan Province | |
| 197 | Battle of Wancheng | ||
| 198 | Battle of Xiapi | Battle of Yijing | |
| 199 | Campaign against Yuan Shu | ||
| 200 | Battle of Guandu | ||
| 202 | Battle of Bowang | ||
| 204 | Gongsun Kang, a Chinese warlord of Liaodong, establishes the Daifang Commandery in northern Korea. | ||
| 208 | Battle of Red Cliffs | Battle of Changban, Battle of Xiakou, Battle of Yiling, Battle of Jiangling | |
| 211 | Battle of Tong Pass | ||
| 213 | Siege of Jicheng | Battle of Licheng | |
| 214 | Liu Bei’s takeover of Yi Province | Battle of Jiameng Pass | |
| 215 | Battle of Yangping | Battle of Baxi | |
| 217 | Battle of Hefei | Battle of Ruxukou | |
| 218 | Battle of Mount Dingjun | ||
| 219 | Lü Meng’s invasion of Jing Province | Battle of Han River, Battle of Fancheng | |
| 220 | Cao Pi forces the last Han emperor to abdicate. |
[...] Eastern Han (A.D. 25-220) – Luoyang 洛陽 (雒), in Henan Province [...]