What the records say
- When
- 7 Sep 1363 – 12 Oct 1363
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 29.07° N, 116.38° E
- Description
- 1363 naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion, between Han and Ming fleets
- Naval
- yes
Battle of Lake Poyang
1363 naval battle of the Red Turban Rebellion
The Battle of Lake Poyang was a naval battle which took place between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang during the Red Turban Rebellion which led to the fall of the Yuan dynasty. Chen Youliang besieged Nanchang with a large fleet on Lake Poyang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes, and Zhu Yuanzhang met his force with a smaller fleet.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Battle of Lake Poyang, one of the largest naval battles in history begins in Yuan dynasty China between multiple ships and 650,000 rebels led by Chen…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Die chinesischen Rebellen von Zhu Yuanzhang besiegten die seines Rivalen Chen Youliang in der Seeschlacht auf dem Poyang-See”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “七月，朱文正堅守洪都85日後朱元璋率領援軍趕來，陳友諒撤圍退入鄱陽湖，七月二十一日（8月30日）與朱元璋爆發鄱陽湖之戰。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page