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The land will be part minority divided by the farmer to be kept indefinitely and rest will revert to the state if the farmer dies or retires. The population is then divided by each other with the role of supervising one another. The result of this reform is that farmers mostly did not sell their holdings to large landowners. 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"Births", "date": null, "text": "Xu Jingzong, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 672)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754934#Births", "title": "592", "revid": 1364754934, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 594, "year_label": "594 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Shiji, general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 669)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756331#Births", "title": "594", "revid": 1364756331, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 596, "year_label": "596 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cui Dunli, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 656)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364739187#Births", "title": "596", "revid": 1364739187, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 598, "year_label": "598 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 649)", "cite": {"url": 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He proclaims himself emperor Gao Zu and establishes the Tang dynasty, one of the most notable dynasties in Chinese history, which will last for almost 300 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Asia", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 618, "year_label": "618 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Battle of Qianshuiyuan: The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802929#Asia", "title": "618", "revid": 1340802929, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 619, "year_label": "619 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Chengqian, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 645)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802932#Births", "title": "619", "revid": 1340802932, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 620, "year_label": "620 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Tai, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 652)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749611#Births", "title": "620", "revid": 1364749611, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 621, "year_label": "621 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Chinese establish an imperial bureau for the manufacture of porcelain. Their technology will advance further under the Tang dynasty (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755711#Technology", "title": "621", "revid": 1364755711, "section": "Events › By topic › Technology"}}, {"year": 622, "year_label": "622 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xue Yuanchao, official of the Tang dynasty (d. 683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368342469#Births", "title": "622", "revid": 1368342469, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 623, "year_label": "623 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Tuyuhun invasion of Gansu: Tang forces under Chai Shao defeat the Tuyuhun, and prevent further incursions into Gansu (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364763007#Asia", "title": "623", "revid": 1364763007, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 623, "year_label": "623 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Liu Heita, rebel leader during the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364763007#Deaths", "title": "623", "revid": 1364763007, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The Yiwen Leiju encyclopedia is completed during the Tang dynasty, by the Chinese calligrapher Ouyang Xun.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#Asia", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – The Army of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, led by Illig Qaghan, clashes with the army of Tang dynasty China, led by Taizong, Prince of Qin and son of Emperor Gaozu, with fighting taking place west of Binzhou in what is now the Shandong province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#July–December", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Events › By date › July–December"}}, {"year": 624, "year_label": "624 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February", "text": "February – Chinese General Li Daliang leads an army to retake the Yu prefecture, near Xuancheng in what is now the Anhui province, from the rebel leader Fu Gongshi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343884392#January–June", "title": "624", "revid": 1343884392, "section": "Events › By date › January–June"}}, {"year": 625, "year_label": "625 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Jianzhi, official of the Tang dynasty (d. 706)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803472#Births", "title": "625", "revid": 1340803472, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 626, "year_label": "626 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Li Shimin travels to the Tang capital Chang'an to bid farewell to his younger brother Li Yuanji, who has been given command of a Chinese expedition against the Eastern Turkic Khaganate. Hearing of a plot to murder him, he and a few supporters seize the northern entrance to the emperor's palace. Li Shimin ambushes and eliminates his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng, in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352126742#Asia", "title": "626", "revid": 1352126742, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 626, "year_label": "626 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Li Jiancheng, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 589)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352126742#Deaths", "title": "626", "revid": 1352126742, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 627, "year_label": "627 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cui Zhiwen, Tang dynasty official (d. 683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346712156#Births", "title": "627", "revid": 1346712156, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 628, "year_label": "628 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gao Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 683)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803502#Births", "title": "628", "revid": 1340803502, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Emperor Taizong of the Tang dynasty launches a campaign against the Eastern Turkic Khaganate (Central Asia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Asia", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 629, "year_label": "629 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pei Ji, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803532#Deaths", "title": "629", "revid": 1340803532, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 630, "year_label": "630 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Di Renjie, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 700)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803540#Births", "title": "630", "revid": 1340803540, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Tai Zong sends envoys to the Xueyantuo, vassals of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate, bearing gold and silk in order to obtain the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners, who were captured during the transition from the Sui to the Tang dynasty from the northern frontier. The embassy succeeds in freeing 80,000 men and women, who are safely returned to China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Asia", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 633, "year_label": "633 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dai Zhou, chancellor of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351044118#Deaths", "title": "633", "revid": 1351044118, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Tuyuhun Kingdom is invaded by Chinese forces under Li Jing (Tang dynasty) during Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tuyuhun, resulting in the murder of their leader (khan) Murong Fuyun in 635.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Asia", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Christian missionaries arrive in China: Alopen, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, preaches Nestorian Christianity in the Tang dynasty capital, Chang'an.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Religion", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 635, "year_label": "635 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chen Shuda, prince and chancellor of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906250#Deaths", "title": "635", "revid": 1364906250, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 636, "year_label": "636 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The historical texts of the Book of Northern Qi, Book of Chen, and Book of Sui are compiled in China, during the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068315#Literature", "title": "636", "revid": 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deliberately inflict injuries upon themselves (most commonly breaking their own legs) in order to avoid military conscription. 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Its chief editor is the chancellor Fang Xuanling, who dies in this year as well.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804464#Literature", "title": "648", "revid": 1340804464, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 649, "year_label": "649 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Taizong, Chinese Tang dynasty emperor (b. 598)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938693#Deaths", "title": "649", "revid": 1365938693, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 649, "year_label": "649 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 10", "text": "July 10 – Emperor Taizong dies after a 23-year reign, in which he has restored the civil administration in China. 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It is completed in the same year, during the reign of Emperor Gao Zong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635695#Asia", "title": "652", "revid": 1367635695, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 652, "year_label": "652 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 675)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635695#Births", "title": "652", "revid": 1367635695, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 653, "year_label": "653 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Kōtoku sends an embassy to the court of the Tang dynasty in China. Japanese ambassadors, priests and students sail for the capital Chang'an, but some of the ships are lost en route.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635810#Asia", "title": "653", "revid": 1367635810, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 653, "year_label": "653 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Xian, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 684)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635810#Births", "title": "653", "revid": 1367635810, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Princess Si of Anding, Princess of the Tang dynasty of China", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Births", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Takamuko no Kuromaro, a Japanese diplomat, is sent to the Tang dynasty again, but dies upon his arrival in Chang'an.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Asia", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 654, "year_label": "654 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – Gao Jifu, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 596)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362652029#Deaths", "title": "654", "revid": 1362652029, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 655, "year_label": "655 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wang, empress of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636681#Deaths", "title": "655", "revid": 1367636681, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Li Xiăn, seventh son of the Chinese emperor Gao Zong, is made crown prince. 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The Japanese envoys detained in Chang'an are paroled.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359584981#Korea", "title": "660", "revid": 1359584981, "section": "Events › By place › Korea"}}, {"year": 662, "year_label": "662 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 716)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805159#Births", "title": "662", "revid": 1340805159, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 663, "year_label": "663 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – In China, the Daming Palace becomes the government seat and royal residence of Emperor Gao Zong of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635360#Asia", "title": "663", "revid": 1367635360, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 665, "year_label": "665 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Zhong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 643)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805187#Deaths", "title": "665", "revid": 1340805187, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 667, "year_label": "667 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Su Dingfang, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 591)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805207#Deaths", "title": "667", "revid": 1340805207, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 668, "year_label": "668 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Chinese troops sent by the Tang dynasty emperor Gao Zong complete their expedition in the Korean Peninsula. Leaders of the expedition have been selected by the emperor's powerful concubine Wu Zetian. The kingdom of Goguryeo is overthrown; the Unified Silla period starts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805218#Asia", "title": "668", "revid": 1340805218, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 669, "year_label": "669 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 31", "text": "December 31 – Li Shiji, general and chancellor of the Tang dynasty (b. 594)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805223#Deaths", "title": "669", "revid": 1340805223, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 670, "year_label": "670 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Dafei River: Chinese forces (80,000 men), under general Xue Rengui of the Tang dynasty, are annihilated by the Tibetans, who take over control of the Tarim Basin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634463#Asia", "title": "670", "revid": 1367634463, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 671, "year_label": "671 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Silla seizes control of the former Baekje capital of Sabi from the Tang Protectorate General to Pacify the East.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805234#Asia", "title": "671", "revid": 1340805234, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 672, "year_label": "672 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jiang Ke, general of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805434#Date_unknown", "title": "672", "revid": 1340805434, "section": "Deaths › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 674, "year_label": "674 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Hongren, Chán (Buddhist) patriarch of the Tang dynasty (b. 601)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352002710#Deaths", "title": "674", "revid": 1352002710, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Li Hong, prince of the Tang dynasty (b. 652)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Deaths", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 677, "year_label": "677 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Tang China declares the deposed Bojang of Goguryeo \"King of Joseon\", placing him in charge of the Liaodong area under the Protectorate General to Pacify the East.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805601#Asia", "title": "677", "revid": 1340805601, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Tenmu issues a decree forbidding the Japanese-style cap of ranks and garments, and changing them into Chinese ones. He also makes a decree forbidding men to wear leggings and women to let down their hair on their backs. It is from this time, that the practice begins of women riding on horseback like men. He issues an edict prescribing the character of ceremonies and language to be used on occasions of ceremony. Ceremonial kneeling and crawling are both abolished, and the ceremonial custom of standing at the Tang court is practiced.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Asia", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Chongrun, prince of the Tang dynasty (d. 701)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Births", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 683, "year_label": "683 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cui Zhiwen, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 627)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367313750#Deaths", "title": "683", "revid": 1367313750, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 684, "year_label": "684 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gao Lishi, official and eunuch of the Tang dynasty (d. 762)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805928#Births", "title": "684", "revid": 1340805928, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 684, "year_label": "684 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 3", "text": "January 3 – Zhong Zong succeeds his father Gao Zong, and becomes emperor of the Tang dynasty. His mother Wu Zetian remains the power behind the throne in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805928#Asia", "title": "684", "revid": 1340805928, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Wu Zetian exiles her son Zhong Zong, former emperor of the Tang dynasty, and his family to the island of Fang Zhou.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#China", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Li Xianhui, princess of the Tang dynasty (d. 701)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Births", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 689, "year_label": "689 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – Guo Zhengyi, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350231931#Deaths", "title": "689", "revid": 1350231931, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 690, "year_label": "690 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty, and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire as \"Holy and Divine Emperor\". She becomes the first and only female \"emperor\" in 5,000 years of Chinese history. Wu Zetian changes the dynasty's name to the Zhou Dynasty, and begins to murder throne pretendants and ministers who try to oppose her. During her reign she elevates the status of Buddhism above Taoism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806273#Asia", "title": "690", "revid": 1340806273, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – Cen Changqian, official of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Deaths", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 698, "year_label": "698 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Shang, emperor of the Tang dynasty (or 695)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806584#Births", "title": "698", "revid": 1340806584, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 700, "year_label": "700 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 - Di Renjie, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 630)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806781#Deaths", "title": "700", "revid": 1340806781, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 8", "text": "October 8 – Prince Yide (Li Chongrun), prince of the Tang dynasty, probable forced suicide (b. 682)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Deaths", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 702, "year_label": "702 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chen Zi'ang, Chinese poet and official of the Tang dynasty (b. 661)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807070#Deaths", "title": "702", "revid": 1340807070, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 703, "year_label": "703 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Shi Siming, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 761)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807078#Births", "title": "703", "revid": 1340807078, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 705, "year_label": "705 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 22", "text": "February 22 – Empress Wu Zetian is deposed in a coup d'état organized by her chancellor Zhang Jianzhi, after a 15-year reign. His chief ministers gain support from some generals to seize the imperial palace and execute the Zhang brothers. They reinstall her son Zhong Zong, whom she deposed 15 years ago, restoring the Tang dynasty. This marks the end of the short-lived Zhou dynasty in China.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807090#Asia", "title": "705", "revid": 1340807090, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 706, "year_label": "706 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Jianzhi, official of the Tang dynasty (b. 625)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367660928#Deaths", "title": "706", "revid": 1367660928, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 707, "year_label": "707 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Duozuo, general of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807099#Deaths", "title": "AD 707", "revid": 1340807099, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Emperor Zhong Zong of the Tang dynasty has his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military officers engage (during the Cold Food Festival) in the festive game of tug of war, within a palace of Chang'an.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Asia", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – Zhong Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 656)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Deaths", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10 – Li Chongfu, imperial prince of the Chinese Tang dynasty (b. c. 680)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Deaths", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 711, "year_label": "711 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Su Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 762)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358403455#Births", "title": "AD 711", "revid": 1358403455, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Emperor Rui Zong abdicates after a brief reign, in favor of his 27-year-old son Xuan Zong, who ascends the imperial throne of the Tang dynasty (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357552155#Asia", "title": "712", "revid": 1357552155, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 713, "year_label": "713 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "During the Tang dynasty, Kaiyuan Za Bao (\"Bulletin of the Court\"), the first newspaper, hand printed on silk, is published (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807131#Literature", "title": "713", "revid": 1340807131, "section": "Events › By topic › Literature"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Fall – Xue Ne repels a Tibetan invasion of the Lan Prefecture (modern Lanzhou). Xuan Zong creates Li Ying, his second son, crown prince of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#China", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 714, "year_label": "714 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 5", "text": "September 5 – Shang, emperor of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468088#Deaths", "title": "714", "revid": 1364468088, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Qapaghan Khan, ruler (khagan) of the Second Turkic Khaganate (Central Asia), is killed during a campaign against his rival Toquz Oghuz. His severed head is sent to Chang'an, capital of the Tang dynasty. Qapaghan is succeeded by his son Inel Khagan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Asia", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Events › Byzantine Empire › Asia"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 662)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Deaths", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 720, "year_label": "720 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Xue Ne, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 649)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349994139#Deaths", "title": "720", "revid": 1349994139, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Rains and heavy storms around the southern seaport of Yangzhou destroy over 1,000 ships and boats in the Grand Canal, during the Tang dynasty (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#China", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 727, "year_label": "727 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Dai Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 779)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372352645#Births", "title": "AD 727", "revid": 1372352645, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 728, "year_label": "728 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (or 729)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808673#Births", "title": "728", "revid": 1340808673, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 729, "year_label": "729 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Du Huangchang, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (or 728)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808680#Births", "title": "729", "revid": 1340808680, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 730, "year_label": "730 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Jia Dan, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 805)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808684#Births", "title": "730", "revid": 1340808684, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 731, "year_label": "731 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yuwen Rong, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (or 730)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358697487#Deaths", "title": "731", "revid": 1358697487, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 731, "year_label": "731 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 22", "text": "December 22 – Yuan Qianyao, official of the Chinese Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358697487#Deaths", "title": "731", "revid": 1358697487, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 734, "year_label": "734 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – A large earthquake strikes the Tang dynasty city of Qinzhou (in the vicinity of modern-day Tianshui City), causing serious damage and killing around 4000 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809669#Asia", "title": "734", "revid": 1340809669, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 735, "year_label": "735 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "During the Tang dynasty in China, by this year there is 149,685,400 kg (165,000 short tons) of grain shipped annually along the Grand Canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809672#Asia", "title": "735", "revid": 1340809672, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Much to the delight of the citizens of Chang'an, the Chinese government of the Tang dynasty orders fruit trees to be planted along every main avenue of the city, which enriches not only the diets of the people but also the surroundings (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Asia", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 742, "year_label": "742 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Li Bai (also Li Po), Chinese poet, is summoned by Xuan Zong to attend the imperial court. He and his friend Du Fu become the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry, during the mid-Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809740#Asia", "title": "742", "revid": 1340809740, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 742, "year_label": "742 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "De Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 805)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809740#Births", "title": "742", "revid": 1340809740, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 745, "year_label": "745 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "China has accomplishments in poetry, painting and printing, but its monarchical system tends toward failure. Emperor Xuan Zong has fallen under the spell of his son's wife Yang Guifei (one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China), a Taoist priestess. He is ignoring the economy and the Tang dynasty is declining.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906475#Asia", "title": "745", "revid": 1364906475, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 745, "year_label": "745 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wei Gao, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 805)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906475#Births", "title": "745", "revid": 1364906475, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gao Chongwen, general of the Tang dynasty (d. 809)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Births", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 747, "year_label": "747 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Xuan Zong abolishes the death penalty in China, during the Tang dynasty (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468436#Asia", "title": "AD 747", "revid": 1364468436, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 747, "year_label": "747 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Shizhi, chancellor and poet of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468436#Deaths", "title": "AD 747", "revid": 1364468436, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The \"Western Paradise\" of Amitābha Buddha, detail of a wall painting in Cave 217, Dunhuang (China), is made during the Tang Dynasty (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Art", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Wu Shaocheng, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 810)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Births", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 752, "year_label": "752 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zheng Yin, chancellor of the Tang dynasty (d. 829)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809787#Births", "title": "752", "revid": 1340809787, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 753, "year_label": "753 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Xue Ping, general of the Tang Dynasty (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809798#Births", "title": "753", "revid": 1340809798, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 754, "year_label": "754 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "A Tang census shows that 75% of the Chinese live north of the Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River. The capital of Chang'an has a population of 2 million and more than 25 other cities have well over 500,000 citizens (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360259946#Asia", "title": "754", "revid": 1360259946, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 16", "text": "December 16 – General An Lushan begins the Anshi Rebellion against Emperor Xuan Zong of the Tang Dynasty (China). His army surges down from Fanyang (near modern Beijing), and moves rapidly along the Grand Canal. Meanwhile, Xuan Zong sends Feng Changqing, governor of Fanyang, to build up defenses at the eastern capital of Luoyang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Asia", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Yongqiu: A Tang garrison (2,000 men), under Zhang Xun, successfully defend their fortress against the rebel army at Yongqiu. Zhang achieves a victory after a 4-month siege, and prevents the rebels from capturing the fertile Tang territory south of the Huai River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Chinese_Empire", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Chinese Empire"}}, {"year": 756, "year_label": "756 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Xuan Zong abdicates the throne after a 44-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Su Zong, as emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He hires 22,000 Muslim mercenaries to reinforce his decimated army at Lingzhou.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366654675#Chinese_Empire", "title": "756", "revid": 1366654675, "section": "Events › By place › Chinese Empire"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Liu Ji, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 810)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#Births", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 757, "year_label": "757 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "January 29", "text": "January 29 – An Lushan, leader of a revolt and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son An Qingxu at Luoyang. He succeeds his father, and appoints Shi Siming as his deputy. The military leaders of the Tang Dynasty are able to retake both of the capitals at Chang'an and at Luoyang. The rebel army is forced to retreat east.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341678247#China", "title": "AD 757", "revid": 1341678247, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 758, "year_label": "758 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks arrive simultaneously at the Tang capital of Chang'an, in order to offer tribute to the imperial court. The Arabs and Turks bicker and fight over diplomatic prominence at the gate, to present tribute before the other. 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He observes the manufacturing of Chinese porcelain at Guangzhou, and writes of his admiration for its transparent quality. 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He is succeeded by his eldest son Yi Zong, as ruler of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1348997263#China", "title": "859", "revid": 1348997263, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 862, "year_label": "862 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Fan Chuo finishes his Manchu (\"Book of the Southern Tribes\"), during the Tang Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129421#China", "title": "862", "revid": 1341129421, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 862, "year_label": "862 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Xi Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 888)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129421#Births", "title": "862", "revid": 1341129421, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 864, "year_label": "864 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Gu Quanwu, general of the Tang Dynasty (d. 931)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365939843#Births", "title": "864", "revid": 1365939843, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 865, "year_label": "865 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 26", "text": "December 26 – Zheng, empress of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129586#Deaths", "title": "865", "revid": 1341129586, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 866, "year_label": "866 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wang Shaoyi, general of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129580#Deaths", "title": "866", "revid": 1341129580, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 867, "year_label": "867 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (d. 904)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655299#Births", "title": "867", "revid": 1366655299, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 868, "year_label": "868 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Yang Shou, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358169430#Deaths", "title": "868", "revid": 1358169430, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "He Quanhao, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 839)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Deaths", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 872, "year_label": "872 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zhang Yichao, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 785)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071842#Deaths", "title": "872", "revid": 1267071842, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 873, "year_label": "873 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Emperor Yi Zong (Li Cuī) dies after a 13-year reign. He is succeeded by his 11-year-old son Xi Zong, as ruler of the Tang Dynasty. During his reign, a widespread failure of the agricultural harvest leads to famine (which causes people to resort to cannibalism) and agrarian rebellions.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072669#China", "title": "873", "revid": 1267072669, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 874, "year_label": "874 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Huang Chao, a salt privateer, joins forces with Wang Xianzhi to raise a rebel army at Changyuan (modern Xinxiang). 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He is succeeded by his 21-year-old brother Zhao Zong, as ruler of the Tang Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347624107#China", "title": "AD 888", "revid": 1347624107, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 891, "year_label": "891 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wang Hui, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267072819#Deaths", "title": "891", "revid": 1267072819, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 892, "year_label": "892 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ai (Li Zhou), emperor (puppet ruler) of the Tang Dynasty (d. 908)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093317#Births", "title": "892", "revid": 1346093317, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 893, "year_label": "893 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 26", "text": "April 26 – Chen Jingxuan, general of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917563#Deaths", "title": "893", "revid": 1364917563, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 894, "year_label": "894 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Kang Junli, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 847)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130298#Deaths", "title": "894", "revid": 1341130298, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 895, "year_label": "895 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – Li Xi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346093921#Deaths", "title": "895", "revid": 1346093921, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Zhao Zong appoints Li Keyong, a Shatuo military governor (jiedushi), as Prince of Jin. He becomes the first ruler of Jin (see 907) following the collapse of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#China", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 897, "year_label": "897 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Zi ('Prince of Tong'), prince of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130275#Deaths", "title": "897", "revid": 1341130275, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Zheng Qi, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Deaths", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Emperor Zhao Zong is deposed and forced by a group of Tang eunuchs led by Liu Jishu to abdicate the throne to his son, Crown Prince Li Yu (until 901).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Asia", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Emperor Zhao Zong of the Tang Dynasty (after he is briefly deposed by general Liu Jishu) is restored to the Chinese throne. Liu, with four eunuch family members are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Asia", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 901, "year_label": "901 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 24", "text": "January 24 – Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345013381#Deaths", "title": "901", "revid": 1345013381, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhao Zong, along with his family and many ministers, after seizing control of the imperial government. Zhu places Zhao Zong's 13-year-old son Ai (Li Zhou) on the imperial throne as a puppet ruler of the Tang dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#China", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 904, "year_label": "904 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – Zhao Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 867)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130856#Deaths", "title": "904", "revid": 1341130856, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "China loses control over Annam (Northern Vietnam). The village notable Khuc Thua Du leads a rebellion against the Tang Dynasty. The Chinese garrison at Tong Binh (modern Hanoi) is destroyed. Khuc Thua Du declares Annam autonomous.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Asia", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Li Yu, Prince of De, prince of the Tang Dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Deaths", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 906, "year_label": "906 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – He, empress of the Tang dynasty", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364979263#Deaths", "title": "906", "revid": 1364979263, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 907, "year_label": "907 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The short-lived Qi Kingdom is founded by the warlord Li Maozhen (Prince of Qi). His power is centered in Shaanxi province, in Northwest China. The Tang dynasty comes to an end after 289 years as Emperor Ai is forced to abdicate by chancellor Zhu Quanzhong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130849#China", "title": "907", "revid": 1341130849, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 908, "year_label": "908 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Emperor Taizu (Zhu Wen) of Later Liang has the 15-year-old Li Zhu, the last Tang Dynasty emperor, poisoned. Li Zhu receives the posthumous name of Ai (\"lamentable\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468131#China", "title": "908", "revid": 1364468131, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 908, "year_label": "908 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Ai, emperor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 892)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468131#Deaths", "title": "908", "revid": 1364468131, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 922, "year_label": "922 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Li Cunjin, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 857)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509630#Deaths", "title": "922", "revid": 1341509630, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 923, "year_label": "923 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 13", "text": "May 13 – The Later Liang, one of the Five Dynasties in China, falls to Later Tang (founded by Li Cunxu). Li proclaims himself emperor and moves his residence back to the old Tang capital of Luoyang.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509659#Asia", "title": "923", "revid": 1341509659, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 926, "year_label": "926 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Emperor Zhuang Zong is killed during an officer's rebellion led by Guo Congqian at the old Tang capital of Luoyang. He is succeeded by his adoptive brother Li Siyuan (Ming Zong) as ruler of Later Tang. Li sends Yao Kun, as an emissary, to create a friendly relationship with the Khitan Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341509745#Asia", "title": "926", "revid": 1341509745, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 931, "year_label": "931 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Gu Quanwu, general of the Tang dynasty (b. 864)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364917472#Deaths", "title": "931", "revid": 1364917472, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 988, "year_label": "988 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Liao dynasty adopts civil service examinations in the 'Southern Chancellery', based on Tang dynasty models (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364920019#China", "title": "988", "revid": 1364920019, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}]}