Starting from 1618 of the Ming Dynasty

46th year of Wanli (1618)

April: Nurhaci issued the "Seven Grievances," launched a rebellion against the Ming Dynasty, and captured Fushun.

July: The Ming court decided to launch a four-pronged attack against the Later Jin.

This year: Shaanxi suffered a severe drought, and the number of displaced people began to increase.

1619 (the 47th year of the Wanli reign)

March: The Battle of Sarhu resulted in a disastrous defeat for the Ming army's four armies, with Du Song and Liu Ting killed in action.

May: The Later Jin captured Kaiyuan

July: The Later Jin captured Tieling

This year: The Liaodong defense line collapsed completely, and a large number of refugees poured into the interior of China.

48th year of Wanli (1620)

July: Emperor Wanli died after reigning for 48 years.

August: Emperor Guangzong Zhu Changluo ascended the throne (Emperor Taichang).

September: The Red Pill Case; Emperor Taichang's death, having reigned for only 29 days.

September: Emperor Xizong Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne (Emperor Tianqi) at the age of 16.

The first year of the Tianqi reign (1621)

March: The Later Jin captured Shenyang and Liaoyang; Yuan Yingtai, the Liaodong military commissioner, committed suicide.

This year: Madam Ke and Wei Zhongxian began to gain power.

This year: Nurhaci moved the capital to Liaoyang.

The second year of the Tianqi reign (1622)

January: Wang Huazhen abandoned Guangning and fled, and all the important towns in western Liaoning were lost.

May: Xu Hongru launched an uprising in Yuncheng, Shandong (White Lotus Rebellion).

September: The Ming army quelled the Xu Hongru uprising.

The third year of the Tianqi reign (1623)

This year: Wei Zhongxian's power grew daily, and he began to suppress the Donglin Party.

This year: Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen were executed due to the fall of Liaodong.