The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/JaneOfKish on 2024-12-19 20:24:08.

Original Title: TIL the shortest-lived “empire” in history was a restoration of the Qing Dynasty of China lasting for 11 days in July 1917. Monarchists seized Beijing and reinstated Emperor Puyi, deposed five years prior and now eleven years old, on July 1 and were pushed back out by Republican forces on July 12.