Timeline (All Under Heaven)

The following information is a list of events that occured in the All Under Heaven ATL.

1403
January 1st: A group of radicals in the Imperial Court assassinate Jianwen, the Emperor of China. Jianwen's uncle, Zhu Di, is crowned emperor on the same date.

March 3rd: The first born son of Zhu Di, now Emperor Yongle, is born.

1404
January 1st: Zhu Di dies of a stroke. A regency council rules China for the next 14 years.

1418
January 1st: Yongle's eldest son ascends to the Dragon Throne at the age of 15. He becomes Hongxi I.

March 3rd: China is "westernized." China's technology and military group is now classified by Europeans as "Western European."

March 6th: All hall of records is discovered inside the private library of the late Yongle Emperor. Inside were plans for advanced technologies as well as scientific, social, and political concepts that were almost 400 years ahead of their time.

March 7th: Modernization of the Imperial Army began.

May 11th: Hongxi I addresses his people for the first time, calling them to rely on no one but themselves to push China to glory and greatness.

July 19th: The capital of China is moved from Nanjing to Beijing.

1419
January 5th: Hongxi I adopts a newly born infant as the crown prince.

Februrary 22nd: The first treasure ship, classified as a threedecker man of war in OTL, is launched. Although called the Gunye Chang, its called by Europeans as the USS Enterprise. All the old ships of the Ming navy are scuttled outside Beijing's harbor on the same date.

August 1st: A new royal palace is inagurated in Beijing.

1420
February 20th: Construction begins on the Forbidden City.

September 20th: All mercenary forces in China are disbanded as a part of the modernization of the army.

1423
March 1st: People claim that the Mandate of Heaven was restored to the Middle Kingdom.

1425
March 24th: The Forbidden City is finally finished after 5 years of construction. The old royal palace becomes the Summer Palace.

September 27th: The new Imperial Navy fights against a pirate fleet in the Battle of Guangzhou Bay. The pirate fleet is sunk with zero losses for the Chinese.

1429
January 2nd: China's national focus is moved to Beijing.

May 25th: A national epic honoring one of China's emperors is made. The so called "Florentine School" is supported by the Emperor.

1430
October 1st: The School Establishment Act is passed by the Imperial Court.

1433
January 2nd: Manchuria declares war on China. The War of Manchurian Aggression starts.

January 4th: Shan declares war on China to honor its alliance with Manchuria.

January 25th: The Battle of Hinggan occurs, with China defeating virtually the entire Manchurian army.

April 13th: Lan Xang declares war on China to help Manchuria.

May 13th: The Imperial Navy defeats the Manchurian fleet in the Battle of the Korean Bay.

July 16th: The Shan army is defeated in battle.

September 21st: All of Manchuria is under Ming occupation.

1434
January 18th: The last Shan stronghold falls.

January 19th: Shan is annexed by China.

May 4th: Taungu declares war on China.

June 8th: Hongxi I's heir is officially recognized.

October 17th: The Lan Xang army is utterly vanquished.

October 23rd: Lan Xang's last stronghold falls.

October 24th: Lan Xang is annexed by China.

1436
January 6th: Taungu's army was destroyed in battle.

February 1st: The Imperial Court passes the Militia Act.

September 28th: The last Taungu settlement falls.

October 1st: Taungu is annexed by China.

October 7th: Manchuria offers a peace treaty to China, which is accepted immediately. End of the War of Manchurian Aggression.

1437
November 1st: The War of Tibetan Aggression begins when Tibet declares war on China.

November 5th: Korea declares war on China.

November 16th: Pegu declares war on China.

December 4th: The Koreans lose the Battle of Hamgyeong.

1438
January 14th: The Tibetan army was anihilated in the Battle of Qamdo.

February 10th: The Korean navy was sunk in the Battle of the Yellow Sea.

April 29th: All of Korea was under Ming occupation.

May 1st: Korea signs a peace treaty with China.

June 15th: Assam becomes a Ming vassal.

August 28th: All of Tibet is under Ming occupation.

November 4th: The Pegu fleet is defeated in the Battle of Akyab Bay.

1439
January 14th: The Pegu army is defeated in the Battle of Moulmein.

March 10th: Pegu is under Ming occupation.

March 11th: Pegu is annexed by China.

March 13th: Tibet is absorbed into the Ming Empire, ending the War of Tibetan Aggression.

September 21st: A unified system of weights, scales and measures was made.

1441
September 21st: A national court system is established with the passing of the Judiciary Act.