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AD 1492Placed in a yearEast AsiaCulture and knowledge
The Ming History records a great sacrifice to Heaven and Earth at the southern suburb in Hongzhi 5.
Limits: 明史/卷15, Wikisource revision 2594630; 弘治五年 heading at line 102. 南郊 explicitly identifies the ritual site as the southern suburb in this imperial annal; the clause does not name a temple. This records performance of a rite, rather than an instruction to perform it. No attached variant appears in the supplied apparatus.
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AD 1492Placed in a yearEuropePolitics and institutions
The calendar records that the Mayor elected William Purches, alderman and mercer, a sheriff of London and Middlesex at the Guildhall election.
Limits: Printed English calendar abstract of Letter-Book L. The Welbeke/Welbeck variant and aldermanic-election footnote concern the other sheriff, not Purches. Subsequent oath-taking is separately recorded at lines 24145–24148. Volume L errata, lines 59–76, do not affect this entry.
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AD 1492Placed in a yearNo region assignedPolitics and institutions
The Ming History records the establishment of the emperor's son Houzhao as crown prince.
Limits: 明史/卷15, Wikisource revision 2594630; 弘治五年 heading at line 102. This is the establishment of a crown prince; the following general amnesty is excluded from the excerpt. The clause gives no physical location, so none is assigned. No attached variant appears in the supplied apparatus.
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