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The Wanggongchang Explosion (Chinese: 王恭廠大爆炸), also known as the Great Tianqi Explosion (天啟大爆炸), Wanggongchang Calamity (王恭廠之變) or Beijing Explosive Incident in the late Ming dynasty (晚明北京爆炸事件), was a catastrophic explosion that occurred on May 30, 1626, during the late reign of the Tianqi Emperor at the heavily populated Ming Chinese capital of ...
About nine o'clock in the morning of 30 May 1626, an explosion of combustibles at the Wanggongchang Armory in Ming-era Beijing, China, destroyed almost everything within an area of two square kilometres (0.77 sq mi) surrounding the site.
Wanggongchang Explosion – A Shenjiying armory of gunpowder and ammunition exploded during the late reign of the Tianqi Emperor. 12 September 1634 Malta: Valletta: 22 Unknown 1634 Valletta explosion – A gunpowder factory blew up, damaging several buildings including a church and a college. [1] 12 October 1654 Dutch Republic: Delft: 100 ...
Wanggongchang Explosion; Y. 1642 Yellow River flood This page was last edited on 4 November 2024, at 21:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
When the Tianqi Emperor died in October 1627, he had no surviving heir (his last son died a year prior during the mysterious Wanggongchang Explosion). As the emperor's brother, Zhu Youjian, then about 16 years old, ascended the throne as the Chongzhen Emperor. [3]
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Wanggongchang Explosion; X. Xiamen bus fire This page was last edited on 16 August 2020, at 18:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Wanggongchang Explosion This page was last edited on 17 September 2023, at 19:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...