Ming shi (History of Ming), basic annals
Zhang Tingyu et al., Qing court historians
Qing official history of the Ming, completed in 1739
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- AD 1370Examinations instituted for selecting officials
- AD 1376Provincial administrations reorganized
- AD 1389Revision of the Great Ming Code
- AD 1402Fire inside the imperial palace
- AD 1411Song Li opens the Huitong Canal
- AD 1435Xuande emperor dies at Qianqing Palace
- AD 1474Frontier wall construction
- AD 1521Accession at Fengtian Hall
- AD 1572Shenzong ascends the throne
- AD 1592Joseon king's flight to Uiju
- AD 1593Japanese withdrawal from Wangjing
- AD 1627Chengcheng uprising kills county magistrate
- AD 1629Mao Wenlong killed at Shuangdao