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The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.
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Battle of Lake Poyang
1363 naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion
The Battle of Lake Poyang was a naval battle which took place between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang during the Red Turban Rebellion which led to the fall of the Yuan dynasty. Chen Youliang besieged Nanchang with a large fleet on Lake Poyang, one of China's…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chen Youliang
Founder and first emperor of Chen Han (r. 1360–63)
Chen Youliang was the founder and first emperor of the dynastic state of Chen Han in Chinese history. He was one of the military leaders and heroes of the people's revolution at the end of the Yuan dynasty.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hongwu Emperor
Emperor of China from 1368 to 1398
The Hongwu Emperor, also known by his temple name as the Emperor Taizu of Ming, personal name Zhu Yuanzhang, courtesy name Guorui, was the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1368 to 1398.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Yuan dynasty
Mongol-led dynasty of China (1271–1368)
The Yuan dynasty, officially the Great Yuan, was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from the Borjigin clan, and lasted from 1271 to…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)