State · 1644 – 1661
Southern Ming
A state of 1644 – 1661 — 17 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Ming dynasty. It was replaced by Qing dynasty. The atlas records 2 things within it — unrest and atrocity 2. Its line of rulers holds 4 people.
- Wikidata's English label: Southern Ming dynasty.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 17 years
- 1644 – 1661
- Rulers
- 4
- the Emperor of China
- Most ground
- 2.18 million km²
- in 1645
- Within it
- 2
- recorded rows
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Ming dynasty · replaces · 1368 – 1644
After it
- Qing dynasty · replaced by · 1616 – 1912
Rulers
The line of Emperor of China.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hongguang Emperor | 1644 – 1645 | 1 year | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Longwu Emperor | 1645 – 1646 | 1 year | executedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Shaowu Emperor | 1646 – 1647 | 1 year | died by suicideWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Yongli Emperor | 1646 – 1662 | 16 years | executedWikidata's manner of death |
4 rulers, 4 with terms dated as terms, covering 1644 – 1662. Only 18 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 3 of 3 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
2.18 million km² in 1649, 199,200 km² in 1654. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1600 – 16991 row · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Yangzhou massacre · atrocity · 1645
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood17 years
stood longer than 21% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held2,183,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 92% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record4
has more rulers on record than 58% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1634 – 1671, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1645, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1198163 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.