MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · March 19
THE DAY IN HISTORY · MARCH 19
March 19 in history
1279 — Yamen
19 Mar 1279 — The last Song fleet, carrying the court in exile, is destroyed off this headland; the chancellor Lu Xiufu takes the eight-year-old emperor on his back and steps into the sea. For the first time in history, all of China is ruled by conquerors from the steppe.
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