c. 1266 – c. 1293

Kublai Khan begins building Dadu (Khanbaliq), the future Beijing, as the Yuan capital

Kublai orders a new capital, Dadu, built beside the old Jin capital Zhongdu. Sources date the start to 1264, 1266 or 1267; the city becomes the Yuan capital in the 1270s and is finished around 1293.