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22nd Of May (album)
Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *1176 – The Hashshashin (Assassins) attempt to assassinate Saladin near Aleppo. *1200 – King John of England and King Philip II of France sign the Treaty of Le Goulet. *1246 – Henry Raspe is elected anti-king of the Kingdom of Germany in opposition to Conrad IV. *1254 – Serbian King Stefan Uroš I and the Republic of Venice sign a peace treaty. *1370 – Brussels massacre: Between six and twenty Jews are murdered and the rest of the Jewish community is banished from Brussels, Belgium, for allegedly desecrating consecrated Host. *1377 – Pope Gregory XI issues five papal bulls to denounce the doctrines of English theologian John Wycliffe. *1455 – Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo () (died 22 May 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a Chinese military general, politician, and warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty (, ; ) was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD), established by Liu Bang (Emperor Gao) and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) and a warr .... At the end of the reign of the Eastern Han, Dong Zhuo was a general and powerful minister of the imperial government. Yet he forced the young Liu Bian, Emperor Shao of Han to abdicate and replaced him with his half-brother Emperor Xian of Han while he sought to become the de facto ruler of China in the boy-emperor's name. The Eastern Han dynasty regime survived in name only. Dong Zhuo seized control of the imperial capital Luoyang in 189 when it entered a state of turmoil following the death of Emperor Ling of Han and a massacre of the Ten Attendants, eunuch faction by the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
