1368 in History

Xu Da resumes the campaign toward the Yuan capital

Hongwu establishes Nanjing as the first Ming capital

Xu Da captures the Yuan capital Dadu

Chang Yuchun helps secure Henan during the northern campaign

Xu Da's forces bring Shandong under Ming control

Ming commanders confirm plans for the final march on Dadu

The former Yuan capital is renamed Beiping after Ming occupation

Charles IV gains another son with the birth of Sigismund

The Yuan emperor flees north as Ming armies capture Dadu

Tang He helps secure the southeast for the Ming

Hu Mei helps bring Fujian under Ming control

Liao Yongzhong supports the Ming conquest of Guangdong

Yang Jing's forces help occupy Guangxi for the Ming

Valdemar IV faces renewed war from the Cologne Confederation of Hanseatic towns

Hongwu begins ruling as the first emperor of the Ming dynasty

John of Gaunt's position is strengthened by Blanche's inheritance

Li Shanchang helps organize the early Ming civil administration

Zhu Yuanzhang proclaims the Ming dynasty and takes the Hongwu reign title

Hongwu sends armies north to destroy Yuan control of China

Xu Da commands the Ming northern expedition against the Yuan

Chang Yuchun serves as a senior commander in the Ming advance north

Hongwu begins turning the former Yuan capital region into a northern defence zone

Toghon Temur retreats to Shangdu and continues Yuan rule in the north

The Ming establish Shuntian Prefecture around the former Yuan capital

Edmund's marriage brings the Ulster claim into the Mortimer line

Ming forces destroy Yuan palace buildings after taking Dadu

Birth of Sigismund son of Charles IV and Elizabeth of Pomerania

Sigismund is born and later becomes King of Hungary Bohemia and Germany

Blanche of Lancaster dies leaving John of Gaunt with Lancastrian inheritance interests

Blanche of Lancaster dies during John of Gaunt's absence overseas

Lionel Duke of Clarence dies in Italy

Ming forces defeat Yuan defenders outside Dadu

Elizabeth of Pomerania is crowned empress in Rome