Zhu Di Seizes the Throne in the Jingnan Campaign, Captures Nanjing

Name: Zhu Di Seizes the Throne in the Jingnan Campaign, Captures Nanjing
Start: 1399
End: 1402

Type Event Region Asia Time 1399–1402

In 1402, after a four-year Jingnan Campaign, Prince of Yan Zhu Di defeated the Jianwen Emperor, entered Nanjing, and proclaimed himself emperor under…

Timeline

1399–1401Beiping · North ChinaPrince of Yan Zhu Di rose in Beiping under the banner of 'clearing the emperor's side', fighting a four-year war with the Jianwen court, gradually controlling the north and pressing south toward Jiangnan.
1402Nanjing · JiangsuIn 1402 Yan forces entered Nanjing; the Jianwen Emperor's fate became a mystery. Zhu Di ascended the throne, changed the era to Yongle, and opened the Yongle reign.

Sources

明史·成祖本纪 — 张廷玉等 (1739)
Cambridge History of China, Volume 7: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 1 — Frederick W. Mote (1988)