XinAD 9–23

Xin: Timeline of Events (AD 9–23)

A short-lived dynasty founded by Wang Mang, who usurped the Han

Events in this period

• Wang Mang Founds the Xin DynastyAD 9

  Wang Mang, a consort-clan official of the late Western Han, deposed the Han in AD 9 and founded Xin; his idealizing reforms caused unrest and he fell in peasant uprisings.