Later Yan

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Was a kingdom during the Chines period of the Sixteen Kingdoms.

Establishment

January 385: The Former Qin empire collapsed under the weight of rebellion. In 384 Murong Chui reconquered his territory in the northeast, proclaiming himself emperor of what would be known as Later Yan in 386.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 394: Zhai Wie conquered by Later Yan.

January 395: Western Yan conquered by Later Yan.

January 396: In 395 Goguryeo ruler Gwanggaeto made an excursion to invade the Khitan Baili clan to the west on the Liao River.

January 397: In 395, the Northern Wei dynasty, led by Emperor Taiwu, defeated the Later Yan dynasty northeast of Liangcheng. Following this victory, in 396, Bing Province was taken from Later Yan by Northern Wei, consolidating their control over the region.

January 399: Yan lost Zhongshan and Pingcheng to Northern Wei by 398.

January 401: A Southern Yan kingdom was founded by Murong De, a Xianbei chieftain, in 400 after Later Yan was split in two by Northern Wei.

January 404: Huan Xuan was a Jin Dynasty warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin and declared his own state of Chu in 403.

January 407: In 405 and again in 406, Later Yan troops attacked Goguryeo fortresses in Liaodong, but they were defeated both times. Gwanggaeto conquered all of Liaodong.