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apr 18, 1644 - Ming Dynasty Collapsed

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Beijing fell to a rebel army led by Li Zicheng, a former minor Ming official who became the leader of the peasant revolt and then proclaimed the Shun dynasty. The last Ming emperor, the Chongzhen Emperor, hanged himself on a tree in the imperial garden outside the Forbidden City.

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apr 18, 1644
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~ 381 years ago