Fall of the Song dynasty

Timeline

1. 1278–1279Lingnan coast · GuangdongAfter the fall of Lin'an, remaining Southern Song forces organized resistance along the Fujian and Guangdong coasts; Wen Tianxiang and others continued fighting, while Zhang Shijie protected the young emperor Zhao Bing in exile at sea, with Song legitimacy surviving only in the exile court.
2. 1279Yashan · GuangdongIn the naval battle at Yashan the Song army was annihilated; Lu Xiufu carried Zhao Bing into the sea, ending the Song imperial line and terminating the exile regime in both law and fact.
3. 1279Dadu · ChinaKublai Khan proclaimed the pacification of Jiangnan at Dadu; the Yuan became the first unified dynasty in Chinese history founded and ruled by a northern nomadic people, formally ending the Song's three-hundred-year reign.