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Emperor Taizong of Tang

598 - 649

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Emperor Taizong of Tang (28 January 598 – 10 July 649), previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649. He is traditionally regarded as a co-founder of the dynasty for his role in encouraging his father Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) to rebel against the Sui dynasty at Jinyang in 617. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emperor Taizong of Tang has received more than 1,822,476 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Emperor Taizong of Tang is the 443rd most popular politician (up from 560th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from China (up from 40th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Chinese Politician.

Emperor Taizong of Tang is most famous for his military conquests and the unification of China.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emperor Taizong of Tang ranks 443 out of 19,576. Before him are Arcadius, Osman III, Jiang Zemin, Artaxerxes I of Persia, Constantine II of Greece, and Puyi. After him are Leopold I of Belgium, Peisistratos, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Menkaure, Louis X of France, and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 598, Emperor Taizong of Tang ranks 1. After him are Brahmagupta, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Qasim ibn Muhammad, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Martina, and Princess Pingyang. Among people deceased in 649, Emperor Taizong of Tang ranks 1. After him are John Climacus, Pope Theodore I, and Ubayy ibn Ka'b.

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In China

Among people born in China, Emperor Taizong of Tang ranks 34 out of 1,610. Before him are Mencius (-372), Cai Lun (48), Lü Bu (161), Zhuang Zhou (-369), Jiang Zemin (1926), and Puyi (1906). After him are Yongle Emperor (1360), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), Zhu Xi (1130), Zhou Enlai (1898), and Mahmud al-Kashgari (1029).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Emperor Taizong of Tang ranks 16. Before him are Hu Jintao (1942), Qianlong Emperor (1711), Liu Bei (161), Kangxi Emperor (1654), Jiang Zemin (1926), and Puyi (1906). After him are Yongle Emperor (1360), Hongwu Emperor (1328), Nurhaci (1559), Zhou Enlai (1898), Emperor Wu of Han (-156), and Emperor Gaozu of Han (-256).

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