Kangxi Emperor vs Mei Wending
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Compare the life timelines of Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722) and Mei Wending (1633–1721) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 67 years, from 1654 to 1721.
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Kangxi Emperor (1654–1722)
- — Born in Beijing Verified
- — Ascended the Qing throne as a child Verified
- — Removed the regent Oboi and assumed full personal rule Verified
- — Suppressed the Revolt of the Three Feudatories Verified
- — Annexed Taiwan Verified
- — Concluded the Treaty of Nerchinsk with Russia Verified
- — Led campaigns against the Dzungar leader Galdan Verified
- — Commissioned the Kangxi Dictionary Verified
- — Died at the Changchunyuan garden palace in Beijing Verified
Mei Wending (1633–1721)
- — Born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province Verified
- — Studied astronomy and calendrical science in his youth
- — Wrote his first treatise on calendrical astronomy
- — Consulted on the official Ming History calendrical treatises Verified
- — Published Lixue yiwen (Queries on Mathematical Astronomy)
- — Received in audience by the Kangxi Emperor Verified
- — Grandson Mei Juecheng appointed to the imperial mathematical bureau Verified
- — Died in Xuancheng Verified