1083
1083 — Korea: 고려 순종 즉위, 고려 선종 즉위 / China: Three hundred thousand fire arrows are produced by the Song court and delivered to two garrisons / Japan: Gosannen War
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| KoreaGoryeo 918–1392 | ChinaSong dynasty 960–1271 | JapanHeian period 794–1185 | United States |
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| - Three hundred thousand fire arrows are produced by the Song court and delivered to two garrisons.
- 1081Song-Xia War (1081–1085): Song dynasty invades Western Xia with initial success, but the odd failure to bring siege weapons and extreme supply problems cause widespread mutiny and the invasion turns into a massive rout
- 1081Su published a 200-volume work on Song-Liao relations.
- 1081A Song army was dealt some sixty thousand casualties defending Yan'an against an attempted invasion of Song by Western Xia forces.
- 1081西夏內亂之際，宋以李憲為總指揮發動五路伐夏，奪下蘭州。
- 1082宋軍採取碉堡戰術，派徐禧興建永樂城，梁太后趁永樂城新建之初，率30萬大軍包圍攻陷，宋軍慘敗，史稱永樂城之戰。
- 1084Li Qingzhao was born.
- 1084Sima Guang completed the Zizhi Tongjian.
- 1085Drought hits the Kaifeng region
- 1085April — Emperor Shenzong of Song dies and his son Zhao Xu succeeds him as Emperor Zhezong of Song; Empress Gao becomes regent
- 1085Annual grain harvest reaches 18,700,000 tons
- 1085April — Shenzong died. He was succeeded by his young son Emperor Zhezong, with his widow Empress Xiang acting as regent.
- 1085Xiang ousted the court faction affiliated with Wang's reforms at Sima's urging.
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