| Date |
Emperor |
Events |
Other people/events |
| 265 |
Wu |
Sometime between this year and 271, the Jin Dynasty cartographer and geographer Pei Xiu noted a groundbreaking development in Chinese cartography, as he was the first to describe the grid reference and graduated scale of measurement for Chinese maps; however, it is known that grids and familiarity with scaled distance on maps existing beforehand, while scholars point to evidence that it might have been an original innovation of Zhang Heng. |
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| 271 |
|
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| 280 |
|
Unification of China, defeat of Wu |
Records of Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou. |
| 290 |
Hui |
|
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| 291 |
|
War of the Eight Princes |
|
| 304 |
|
Sixteen Kingdoms (Han Zhao, Later Zhao, Cheng Han, Former Liang, Later Liang, Northern Liang, Western Liáng, Southern Liang, Former Yan, Later Yan, Northern Yan, Southern Yan, Former Qin, Later Qin, Western Qin, Xia) |
|
| 306 |
|
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| 307 |
Huai |
|
| 311 |
Min |
Emperor Huai is captured by Han Zhao forces, the capital is moved from Luoyang to Chang’an. |
| 313 |
|
The state of Goguryeo in Manchuria and Korea conquers the Jin-Chinese Lelang Commandery. |
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| 316 |
|
Chang’an is captured, Emperor Min of Jin surrenders to Liu Yao, a general of the Xiongnu state Han Zhao. The Jin court flees south to Jiankang, what is now Nanjing, the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. |
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| 318 |
|
Former Emperor Min is executed by Liu Cong, emperor of Han Zhao. |
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