Monday, September 10, 2012

[September 10] Shi Huang, emperor of China

Birth Name: Zhào Zhèng (趙政)
Surnamed: Shi Huangdi (The First Emperor: 始皇帝)
Parents: Zhuangxiang, king of Qin, and Zhào Ji, a concubine
House: Ying (Qin)
Born: 259 BCE
Predecessor: Zhuangxiang (as king of Qin)
Reign: 221 – 210 BCE
Date of Death: 10 September 210 BCE
Successor: Er Shi

 Other Monarchs Who Died Today:
  • Baldwin II, count of Flanders (918)
  • Matilda, lady of the English (1102)
  • Henry II, count of Champagne (1197)
  • Go-Nijo, emperor of Japan (1308)
  • Louis I, king of Hungary, Sicily & Poland (1382)
  • John, duke of Burgundy (1419)
  • Charles III, prince of Monaco (1889)
  • Ferdinand, king of Bulgaria (1948)
  • Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, king of Tonga (2006)
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