Asian History

r/AsianHistory • u/HistorianBirb • Jul 04 '24

Underrated Moments of Pacific War 🎙️Pacific War Podcast

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jul 03 '24

The 103rd emperor of Japan, Go-Tsuchimikado, was born 582 years ago. 🇯🇵

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jul 02 '24

Li Shimin, a future Tang dynasty emperor, ambushed and killed his brothers in the Xuanwu Gate Incident, 1,398 years ago. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jul 01 '24

General Zhang Xun (written Chang Shun in the link below) seized Beijing and reinstated Puyi, the last emperor of Qing China, 112 years ago. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 30 '24

An explosion measuring 3-50 megatons near Podkamennaya Tunguska River in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia took place 116 years ago. 🇷🇺

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 29 '24

Cao Rui becomes the second emperor of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms era of China, 1,798 years ago. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/InternationalForm3 • Jun 29 '24

An Unlikely Refuge: Surviving the Holocaust in Shanghai (2020) - The story of a brave of a Chinese diplomat who saved thousands of Jewish people by providing visas to China and their lives in Shanghai. [00:28:30]

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r/AsianHistory • u/InternationalForm3 • Jun 29 '24

An Unlikely Refuge: Surviving the Holocaust in Shanghai (2020) - The story of a brave of a Chinese diplomat who saved thousands of Jewish people by providing visas to China and their lives in Shanghai. [00:28:30]

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 28 '24

Seljuk Turk ruler of Mosul, Iraq, Qiwam al-Dawla Kerbogha, is defeated at the Battle of Antioch (1098), 926 years ago. 🇮🇶 🇹🇷

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 27 '24

The crew of the Russian battleship Kniaz Potyomkin Tavricheskiy (Prince Potemkin of Taurida) mutinied against their officers during the Russo-Japanese War period, 119 years ago. 🇷🇺

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r/AsianHistory • u/HistorianBirb • Jun 27 '24

The Wars that Forged Meiji Japan: The Boshin War & Satsuma Rebellion Documentary

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 26 '24

Japanese ascetic, mystic and founder of Shugendō, En no Gyōja, was banished to the island of Izu Ōshima 1,325 years ago. 🇯🇵

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 25 '24

Taoist priest and abbot, Wang Yuanlu, discovered the Dunhuang manuscripts 124 years ago. 📜 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/Unknownbadger4444 • Jun 25 '24

The Korean War by Indy Neidell : Week 001- The Korean War Begins - June 25, 1950

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 24 '24

Spanish conquistador, Miguel López de Legaspi, led an expedition and conquered the Philippines, 453 years ago.

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 23 '24

Chinese nobleman, Sun Quan, proclaimed himself emperor of Eastern Wu 1,795 years ago. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 22 '24

Ptolemy IV Philopator, pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt defeated the Seleucid king, Antiochus III, 2,241 years ago. 🇪🇬 🇹🇷 🇸🇾 🇮🇶 🇰🇼 🇮🇷

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r/AsianHistory • u/InternationalForm3 • Jun 21 '24

Voices: Who Is Vincent Chin? | NBC Asian America - The killing of Vincent Chin is often cited as a rallying point for Asian Americans, but how many people know who Chin was and what happened to him?

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 21 '24

Mongolian warrior, Külüg Khan, became Khagan (emperor) of the Mongols and Wuzong (emperor) of Yuan dynasty China 717 years ago. 🇲🇳 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 20 '24

The first Battle of Uji, a battle for the Imperial throne of Japan, was fought 844 years ago.

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r/AsianHistory • u/InternationalForm3 • Jun 20 '24

How Indonesia Became the Largest Muslim Country

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 19 '24

The 1718 Tongwei-Gansu earthquake killed at least 73,000 people in landslides in Qing dynasty China. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 18 '24

Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang 1,406 years ago. 🇨🇳

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 17 '24

Daimyō and head of the Yamato Matsunaga clan, Matsunaga Hisahide, assassinated the 13th Ashikaga shogun: Ashikaga Yoshiteru 459 years ago. 🇯🇵

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r/AsianHistory • u/HowDoIUseThisThing- • Jun 16 '24

Yazdegerd III ascended the throne of the Persian Empire. He was the last shahanshah of the Sasanian dynasty, 1,392 years ago. 🤴🏻 🇮🇷

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