Lhasa (prefecture-level city)

prefecture-level city and capital of Tibet

8 dated entries naming Lhasa (prefecture-level city), drawn from 8 separate years between 618 CE and 1959 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century

618Songtsän Gampo becomes the first emperor of the Tibetan Empire, after his father Namri Songtsen is poisoned. During his reign he expands Tibet's power beyond Lhasa (Tibetan Plateau) and the Yarlung Valley.source
637King Songtsän Gampo builds the first palace on the site of the Potala Palace in Lhasa (Tibet).source

11th century

1056Dromtön, an Atiśa chief disciple, founds Reting Monastery in the Reting Tsangpo Valley (north of Lhasa) as the seat of Kadam lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.source

17th century

1695After many years of construction, the Potala Palace in Lhasa is completed.source

18th century

1750November 11 – A riot breaks out in Lhasa after the murder of the regent of Tibet.source

20th century

1904August 3 – British expedition to Tibet: The British expedition under Colonel Francis Younghusband takes Lhasa, Tibet.source
1924Spring – Francophone explorer, spiritualist and former operatic soprano Alexandra David-Néel, disguised as a male pilgrim, makes a 2-month stay in the forbidden city of Lhasa, Tibet.source
1959March 10 – The Tibetan uprising erupts in Lhasa when Chinese officials attempt to arrest the Dalai Lama.source