Hongwu Emperor
1328–1398
founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398
ruler · sovereign
Born in Fengyang County
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Hongwu Emperor:
- Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)
- Ibn Battuta (1304–1368)
- Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)
- Hafez (1325–1389)
- Petrarch (1304–1374)
- Timur (1336–1405)
- Zheng He (1371–1433)
- Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
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