Birth of Yehe Nara Xingzhen in Beijing, China.
Yehe Nara Xingzhen, who would become known as Empress Dowager Cixi, was born on November 29, 1835, in Beijing, China. She was born into the prestigious Yehe Nara clan, part of the Manchu nobility. Her birth marked the beginning of the life of a woman who would later rise to unprecedented power within the Qing dynasty.
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