Portal:China/Anniversaries/June/June 1

Events

• 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
• 2003 – China begins filling the reservoir behind the Three Gorges Dam.

Deaths

• 195 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han (b. 256 BC)
• 1864 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel, led the Taiping Rebellion (b. 1812)