* 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China ( d. 1908 )

* 1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China ( d. 1425 )

* 1582 – Taichang Emperor, of China ( d. 1620 )

* 1521 – Zhengde Emperor of China ( b. 1491 )

* 1644 – The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming Dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.

In China, the Hongwu Emperor created and refined a document he called Ancestral Injunctions ( first published in 1375, revised twice more before his death in 1398 ).

Successive dynasties in Chinese history developed bureaucratic systems that enabled the Emperor of China to directly control vast territories.

Ming China under the reign of the Yongle Emperor

Emperor Yong-le strenuously tried to extend China's influence beyond its borders by demanding other rulers send ambassadors to China to present tribute.

In 1449 Esen Tayisi led an Oirat Mongol invasion of northern China which culminated in the capture of the Zhengtong Emperor at Tumu.

Between 1673 and 1681, the Emperor Kangxi suppressed an uprising of three generals in Southern China who had been denied hereditary rule to large fiefdoms granted by the previous emperor ; he also put down a Ming restorationist invasion from Taiwan, called the Revolt of the Three Feudatories.

A Tale of Two Melons: Emperor and Subject in Ming China.

Chaste widows were revered as heroes during the Ming and Qing periods, and were deemed so central to China ’ s culture and the fate of all peoples, the Yongle Emperor distributed 10, 000 copies of the Biographies of Exemplary Women ( Lienü Zhuan ) to various non-Chinese countries for their moral instruction.

Mail was introduced to China when its allies in Central Asia paid tribute to the Tang Emperor in 718 by giving him a coat of " link armour " assumed to be mail.

Chiang Kai-shek considered both the Han Chinese and all the minority peoples of China, the Five Races Under One Union, as descendants of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor and semi mythical founder of the Chinese nation, and belonging to the Chinese Nation Zhonghua Minzu and he introduced this into Kuomintang ideology, which was propagated into the educational system of the Republic of China.

Statue of Yang Guifei ( 719-756 ), the favoured concubine of Emperor Tang Xuanzong of China.

A European painting of an Emperor of China inspecting his fantasy fishing fleet with his concubines

For example, in one of the Four Great Classical Novels of China, The Dream of the Red Chamber ( believed to be a semi-autobiographical account of author Cao Xueqin's own family life ), three generations of the Jia family are supported by one favorite concubine of the Emperor.

Emperor Yingzong of Song ordered Sima Guang and other scholars to begin compiling this universal history of China in 1065 and they presented it to his successor Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1084.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

* 1377 – Jianwen, Emperor of China ( d. 1402 )

* 1447 – Chenghua, Emperor of China ( d. 1487 )

Other rewards were bestowed by foreign states, particularly the Ottoman Emperor Selim III, who made Nelson the first Knight Commander of the newly created Order of the Crescent, presented him with a chelengk, a diamond studded Rose, a sable fur and numerous other valuable presents.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang first bestowed the title of " Duke Wenxuan " on Kong Suizhi of the 35th generation.

In 1055, Emperor Renzong of Song first bestowed the title of " Duke Yansheng " on Kong Zongyuan of the 46th generation.

During the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Yongle bestowed the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma, the first of the three Princes of Dharma, upon the Black-Hat Karmapa.

Shortly following his accession as Emperor, Domitian bestowed the honorific title of Augusta upon Domitia, while their son was deified, appearing as such on the reverse of coin types from this period.

It was typically bestowed on sons-in-law and later sons of the Emperor and, beginning in the 13th century, it was bestowed to foreign princes.

* Augustus was the honorific first bestowed on Emperor Augustus: after him all Roman emperors added it to their name.

In 668 Emperor Tenji ( reigned 668-671 ), bestowed the kabane on Kamatari.

He also bestowed nicknames and pseudonyms on his friends and family as well, referring to Friedrich Engels as ' General ', his housekeeper Helene as ' Lenchen ' or ' Nym ', while one of his daughters, Jennychen, was referred to as ' Qui Qui, Emperor of China ' and another, Laura, was known as ' Kakadou ' or ' the Hottentot '.

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan also intended to construct his capitol at Agra as an urban center that would rival both Istanbul and Isfahan in all its wealth and cultural lifestyle. He even bestowed the title or surname " Chaudhury " to the family of Dutta Chaudhury, the very ancient Zamindar of Andul, which is situated in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

From 980 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria, and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.

In 1356, Emperor Charles IV bestowed upon the Duke of Saxony-Wittenberg the honour of Elector.

* Emperor Augustus is proclaimed Pater Patriae, or " father of the country " by the Roman Senate ; this bestowed title is the logical consequence and final proof of Augustus ' supreme position as princeps, the first in charge over the Roman state.

Paul I also guaranteed Louis's safety and bestowed upon him a generous pension, however, the Emperor later disregarded this allowance.

It literally means what penance Yashoda had undertaken in her previous birth to be bestowed upon with the powers to punish, love, and care for the Supreme Lord Vishnu ( Lord Satyanarayana also known as Emperor of Gods in Hindu Scriptures ).

Stanisław I Leszczyński () (; ; ) ( October 20, 1677 – February 23, 1766 ) was King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine and a count of the Holy Roman Empire ( a rank bestowed by Emperor Frederick III on the Leszczyński family ).

In France, the battle was officially commemorated in a rare way: apart from the Battle of Magenta ( in the Italian Campaign ), it was the only one of Emperor Napoléon III Bonaparte's exploits to lead to the awarding of a victory title ( both of ducal rank ); this distinction was bestowed upon Marshal Pélissier.

For further one and a half centuries, the lands east of the Elbe defied German control, until in 1134 Emperor Lothair of Supplinburg bestowed the Northern March to the Ascanian count Albert the Bear.

After the death of King Kō of Wa, his younger brother Bu acceeded to the throne ; King Bu requested to have Baekje added to the list of protectorates included in the official title bestowed upon the King of Wa by mandate of the Emperor of China, but his title was only renewed as " Supervisor of All Military Affairs of the Six Countries of Wa, Silla, Imna, Gara, Chinhan, and Mahan, Great General Who Keeps Peace in the East, King of the Country of Wa.

Three days later Yoshinaka's army entered the capital and the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa bestowed upon him the title of Asahi Shogun.

The Jurchen Jin Dynasty ( 1115 – 1234 ) bestowed the title " the King Who Makes the Nation Prosperous and Answers with Miracles " ( 興國靈應王, Xingguo Lingying Wang ) on the mountain god in 1172 and it was promoted to " the Emperor Who Cleared the Sky with Tremendous Sagehood " ( 開天宏聖帝, Kaitian Hongsheng Emperor ) in 1193.

As the Emperor had many children, many were bestowed the uji Minamoto, declassing them from imperial succession.