617
617 — China: December — The rebel Emperor Gaozu of Tang, in control of the Sui capital Chang'an, declared Yang Taishang Huang and his grandson Yang You emperor
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- No events recorded for this year
| - December — The rebel Emperor Gaozu of Tang, in control of the Sui capital Chang'an, declared Yang Taishang Huang and his grandson Yang You emperor.
- Battle of Huoyi
- Yang You, accession
- Shibi Khan of the Eastern Turkic Khaganate aids Li Yuan in his rebellion against the Sui dynasty
- 616Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas first visited China.
- 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
- 619王世充廢他所擁立的另一位隋恭帝楊侗，隋亡。同年王世充自立為帝，建國號「鄭」。
- 619Wang Bo (王薄) and Du Fuwei surrender to Tang
- 619Yuwen Huaji is killed by Dou Jiande
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |