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Koxinga

1624 - 1662

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Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (Chinese: 鄭成功; pinyin: Zhèng Chénggōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Sêng-kong; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (Chinese: 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-sèng-iâ), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast. In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established Zheng rule of the island on behalf of Ming Dynasty from 1661 to 1683. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Koxinga has received more than 922,824 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Koxinga is the 1,471st most popular politician (up from 1,678th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Japan (up from 63rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Politician.

Koxinga is most famous for his invasion of Taiwan in 1661 and his subsequent establishment of the Kingdom of Tungning.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Koxinga ranks 1,471 out of 19,576. Before him are Jiajing Emperor, Porfirio Díaz, Masinissa, Charles III of Naples, Leo von Caprivi, and Urho Kekkonen. After him are Uzziah, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Alexios IV Angelos, Anthemius, Millard Fillmore, and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1624, Koxinga ranks 1. After him are Guarino Guarini, Angelus Silesius, Empress Meishō, George Fox, George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Maria Miloslavskaya, François de la Chaise, Arnold Geulincx, Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours, Thomas Sydenham, and Barent Fabritius. Among people deceased in 1662, Koxinga ranks 2. Before him is Blaise Pascal. After him are Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Zhu Youlang, William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Johann Crüger, Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena, Honoré II, Prince of Monaco, and Adriaen van de Venne.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Koxinga ranks 55 out of 6,245. Before him are Soichiro Honda (1906), Olivia de Havilland (1916), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Emperor Ninkō (1800), Emperor Kōkaku (1771), and Tadao Ando (1941). After him are Isamu Akasaki (1929), Emperor Suizei (-669), Liv Ullmann (1938), Junji Nishikawa (1907), Empress Michiko (1934), and Mako (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Koxinga ranks 16. Before him are Emperor Kōmei (1831), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Takeda Shingen (1521), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771). After him are Emperor Suizei (-669), Fumio Kishida (1957), Uesugi Kenshin (1530), Tomoe Gozen (1157), Emperor Annei (-577), and Yoshihide Suga (1948).

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