Huang Chao
Qi (Huang Chao) · Tang · 1st ruler
黃巢 Huáng Cháo
Wade–Giles: Huang Ch'ao
Reigned 881–884 (3 years)
Reigned 3 years (881–884). Died by suicide; age at death unknown. 1st ruler of Qi (Huang Chao).
Facts
- Reign
- 16 January 881 – 13 July 884 (1st ruler of Qi (Huang Chao))
- Length of reign
- 3 years
- Born
- Unknown
- Died
- 13 July 884
- Age at accession
- Unknown
- Age at death
- Unknown
- Cause of death
- Suicide (incl. forced)Took their own life, including when driven to it by deposition or defeat, or when ordered to do so
- Path to the throne
- Self-proclaimedFounded the titleClaimed the imperial title without receiving the throne from an earlier ruler (e.g. Emperor Gaozu of Han, Emperor Guangwu of Han, Hongwu Emperor)
- Era names
- 金統 Jīntǒng (proclaimed 881)
Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.
During the reign
Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted
- Era name changes
- 1
- General amnesties
- 1
- Empresses installed
- 1
- Crown princes deposed
- 0
- Personal campaigns
- 1
- Rebellions suppressed
- 0
- Rebellions faced
- 0
- Capital relocations
- 0