Hongwu Emperor vs Timur
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Compare the life timelines of Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398) and Timur (1336–1405) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1336 to 1398.
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Hongwu Emperor (1328–1398)
- — Born Zhu Yuanzhang to a poor peasant family in Haozhou Verified
- — Orphaned by famine and plague; entered Huangjue Temple as a novice monk Verified
- — Married Lady Ma, the future Empress Ma Verified
- — Joined the Red Turban rebellion under Guo Zixing Verified
- — Captured Nanjing and made it his base Verified
- — Defeated rival warlord Chen Youliang at the Battle of Lake Poyang Verified
- — Proclaimed emperor and founded the Ming dynasty Verified
- — Purged chancellor Hu Weiyong and abolished the chancellorship Verified
- — Died in Nanjing and was succeeded by his grandson Verified
Timur (1336–1405)
- — Birth of Timur near Kesh in Transoxiana Verified
- — Wounded by arrows, leaving him lame in the right leg Verified
- — Marriage to Saray Mulk Khanum, gaining the title Gurkani Verified
- — Became effective ruler of Transoxiana with his capital at Samarkand Verified
- — Decisive defeat of Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde Verified
- — Invasion of India and the sack of Delhi Verified
- — Sack of Baghdad Verified
- — Victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara Verified
- — Death of Timur at Otrar during a campaign against Ming China Verified