616
616 — China: Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas first visited China
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| KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660 | ChinaSui dynasty 581–618 | JapanAsuka period 538–710 | United States |
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| - Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas first visited China.
- 614隋煬帝三度發兵征討高句麗，嬰陽王遣返楊玄感同黨斛斯政，隋因而撤軍。
- 617December — The rebel Emperor Gaozu of Tang, in control of the Sui capital Chang'an, declared Yang Taishang Huang and his grandson Yang You emperor.
- 617Battle of Huoyi
- 617Yang You, accession
- 617Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate aids Li Yuan in his rebellion against the Sui dynasty
- 618June — Transition from Sui to Tang: Gaozu deposed Yang You.
- 618April — Emperor Yang of Sui is killed by strangulation in a coup led by his general Yuwen Huaji in Jiangdu
- 618Battle of Qianshuiyuan
- 618Battle of Yanshi
- 618Yang Tong, accession
- 618Yang Hao, accession
- 618June — Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu of Tang – note that Tang emperor naming convention uses the posthumous Temple Name) deposes Yang You and founds the Tang dynasty; so ends the Sui dynasty
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