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58 Ming-Ti, new emperor of China, introduces Buddhism to China and the West Indus Valley.
68 The year of the four emperors: Galba (68), Otho (69) and Vitellius (69) all govern a very short time before Vespasian becomes emperor.
70 Prince and later Emperor Domitian marries Domitia Longina.
190 A part of Rome burns, and emperor Commodus orders the city to be rebuilt under the name ''Colonia Commodiana''.
220 Cao Pi succeeds his father Cao Cao as ruler of the Kingdom of Wei, and proclaims himself Emperor Wen of Wei
268 Victorinus becomes the fourth Emperor of the Gallic Empire, following the murders of his predecessors.
271 Victorinus, Emperor of the Gallic Empire is assassinated by Attitianus, reportedly for reasons of personal revenge. Domitianus presumably serves as Emperor for a few days before replaced by Tetricus I.
323 Jin Ming Di succeeds Jin Yuan Di as emperor of China.
410 Alaric I deposes Priscus Attalus as Emperor.
410 Emperor Honorius tells Britain to look to its own defences, effectively ending Roman rule in Britain.
527 Justin I of the Eastern Roman Empire dies and Justinian I remains the sole Emperor.
668 Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
685 Justinian II succeeds Constantine IV as emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
721 Died
781 Emperor Kammu succeeds Emperor Konin as emperor of Japan.
1000 Emperor Otto III makes pilgrimage from Rome to Aachen and Gniezno (Gnesen), stopping at Regensburg, Meissen, Magdeburg, and Gniezno. Congress of Gniezno (with Boleslaw I Chrobry) was part of pilgrimage. In Rome, he builds the basilica of San Bartolomeo all'Isola, to host the relics of St. Bartholomew.
1002 All-out war breaks out between Byzantine Emperor Basil II and Bulgarian tsar Samuil.
1028 Dying Emperor Constantine VIII of the Byzantine Empire marries his daughter Zoe of Byzantium to his chosen heir Romanus Argyrus.
1084 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor crowned Emperor
1194 Richard I of England is ransomed from Henry VI, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
1195 Alexius III Angelus overthrows Isaac II and becomes emperor of Byzantium.
1214 The Emperor of Jin China surrenders to the Mongols under Ghengis Khan who have been besieging Beijing for a year. He pays a huge ransom and then abandons Northern China, heading for Kaifeng.
1356 Emperor Charles IV. promulgates the Golden Bull, a sort of medieval constitution for the Holy Roman Empire
1502 Aztec ruler Auitzotl dies; Moctezuma II elected emperor.
1514 Louis XII of France makes peace with Emperor Maximilian.
1521 Outbreak of war between Emperor Charles and the King of France.
1542 War resumes between Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V. This time Henry VIII of England is allied to the Emperor, while James V of Scotland and Sultan Suleiman I are allied to the French.
1604 Za Dengel deposed as Emperor of Ethiopia by Za Sellase, who restores his cousin Yaqob.
1607 Yaqob is defeated in battle and deposed by his cousin Susenyos, who then becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
1608 Susenyos formally crowned Emperor of Ethiopia.
1632 Fasilides succeeds his father Susenyos as Emperor of Ethiopia
1806 Louis Bonaparte is appointed as king of Holland by his brother emperor Napoleon.
1808 Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mustafa IV (1807-1808) to Mahmud II (1808-1839)
1814 French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne.
1814 Emperor Napoleon abdicates.
1822 Peter I of Brazil declared constitutional emperor of the Brazilian Empire.
1822 Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil (see The reign of Pedro I, 1822-31.)
1824 Simón Bolívar proclaimed Emperor of Peru.
1831 Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor of Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil.
1847 Faustin Soulouque declares himself Emperor of Haiti
1848 Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria, abdicates in favor of his nephew, Franz Josef I.
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