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Chongzhen Emperor

1611 - 1644

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The Chongzhen Emperor (simplified Chinese: 崇祯帝; traditional Chinese: 崇禎帝; pinyin: Chóngzhēn Dì; 6 February 1611 – 25 April 1644), personal name Zhu Youjian (Chinese: 朱由檢; pinyin: Zhū Yóujiǎn), courtesy name Deyue (德約), was the 17th and last emperor of the Ming dynasty. He reigned from 1627 to 1644. "Chongzhen", the era name of his reign, means "honorable and auspicious." Zhu Youjian was son of the Taichang Emperor and younger brother of the Tianqi Emperor, whom he succeeded to the throne in 1627. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chongzhen Emperor has received more than 806,669 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Chongzhen Emperor is the 1,057th most popular politician (up from 1,101st in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from China (up from 71st in 2019) and the 39th most popular Chinese Politician.

The Chongzhen Emperor was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He was most famous for the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Chongzhen Emperors by language

Over the past year Chongzhen Emperor has had the most page views in the with 228,141 views, followed by English (109,905), and Japanese (73,022). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (706.82%), Cantonese (354.65%), and Uzbek (66.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chongzhen Emperor ranks 1,057 out of 19,576. Before him are Gough Whitlam, Muhammad XII of Granada, Decebalus, Benjamin Disraeli, Louis IV of France, and Trygve Lie. After him are Emperor Yao, Alfonso VI of León and Castile, As-Saffah, Klement Gottwald, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Olaf II of Norway.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Chongzhen Emperor ranks 3. Before him are Pope Innocent XI, and Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan. After him are Evliya Çelebi, Johannes Hevelius, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, and Antonio de Pereda. Among people deceased in 1644, Chongzhen Emperor ranks 2. Before him is Pope Urban VIII. After him are Elisabeth of France, Jan Baptist van Helmont, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Countess Louise Juliana of Nassau, Bernardo Strozzi, Alfonso III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Francisco Pacheco, Agostino Tassi, Guru Hargobind, and Georg Marcgrave.

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In China

Among people born in China, Chongzhen Emperor ranks 67 out of 1,610. Before him are Xuande Emperor (1399), Guangxu Emperor (1871), Shang Yang (-390), Zhang Fei (167), Jiang Qing (1914), and Liu Shaoqi (1898). After him are Emperor Yao (-2324), Xun Kuang (-313), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), Tu Youyou (1930), Emperor Taizu of Song (927), and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Chongzhen Emperor ranks 39. Before him are Xiang Yu (-232), Xuande Emperor (1399), Guangxu Emperor (1871), Shang Yang (-390), Jiang Qing (1914), and Liu Shaoqi (1898). After him are Emperor Yao (-2324), 5th Dalai Lama (1617), Emperor Taizu of Song (927), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685), Xianfeng Emperor (1831), and Hua Guofeng (1921).

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