๐Ÿ”— Wanggongchang Explosion

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The Wanggongchang Explosion (Chinese: ็Ž‹ๆญๅป ๅคง็ˆ†็‚ธ), also known as the Great Tianqi Explosion (ๅคฉๅ•Ÿๅคง็ˆ†็‚ธ), Wanggongchang Calamity (็Ž‹ๆญๅป ไน‹่ฎŠ) or Beijing Explosive Incident in Late Ming (ๆ™šๆ˜ŽๅŒ—ไบฌ็ˆ†็‚ธไบ‹ไปถ), was an unexplained catastrophic explosion that occurred on May 30 of the Chinese calendar in 1626 AD during the late reign of Tianqi Emperor, at the heavily populated Ming China capital Beijing, and had reportedly killed around 20,000 people. The nature of the explosion is still unclear to this day, as it is estimated to have released energy equivalent to about 10-20 kiloton of TNT, similar to that of the Hiroshima bombing.

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