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188 — China: Governors are appointed to unify provincial administrations
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| - Governors are appointed to unify provincial administrations
- 189Forces loyal to the warlords Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu massacred some two thousand eunuchs in the Han capital Luoyang.
- 189漢靈帝崩後，何進引董卓入京，董卓廢帝，各地軍閥舉兵反董卓。
- 189Liu Bian, accession
- 189summer — Emperor Ling of Han dies; Empress He and her brother He Jin enthrone Liu Bian and establish a regency government
- 189winter — The Ten Eunuchs kill He Jin and are themselves massacred by Yuan Shao; Dong Zhuo takes control of Luoyang and deposes Liu Bian in favor of his half-brother Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of Han
- 189May — Ling died.
- 189Ling's son Liu Bian became emperor of the Han dynasty.
- 189September — The Han general Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han in his stead.
- 190February — Campaign against Dong Zhuo: A coalition led by Yuan Shao gathered at Hangu Pass in anticipation of an expedition against Dong.
- 190Battle of Xingyang
- 190Campaign against Dong Zhuo: An anti-Dong Zhuo alliance forms in the east, led by Yuan Shao
- 190董卓挾帝遷都長安，群雄割據的局面開始。
- 190Cai Yong dies
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| covered from 1607 |