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189 — China: Forces loyal to the warlords Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu massacred some two thousand eunuchs in the Han capital Luoyang
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| - Forces loyal to the warlords Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu massacred some two thousand eunuchs in the Han capital Luoyang.
- 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。ZH
- Liu Bian, accession
- summer — Emperor Ling of Han dies; Empress He and her brother He Jin enthrone Liu Bian and establish a regency government
- winter — 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
- May — Ling died.
- Ling's son Liu Bian became emperor of the Han dynasty.
- September — The Han general Dong Zhuo deposed Liu Bian as emperor and appointed his brother Emperor Xian of Han in his stead.
- 188Governors are appointed to unify provincial administrations
- 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
- 191劉表擊敗孫堅。袁紹擊敗韓馥。
- 191Zhang Lu sets up a theocracy in Hanzhong
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |