618
618 — Korea: 고구려 영류왕 즉위 / China: June — Transition from Sui to Tang: Gaozu deposed Yang You
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| KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanAsuka period 538–710 | United States |
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| - June — Transition from Sui to Tang: Gaozu deposed Yang You.
- April — Emperor Yang of Sui is killed by strangulation in a coup led by his general Yuwen Huaji in Jiangdu
- Battle of Qianshuiyuan
- Battle of Yanshi
- Yang Tong, accession
- Yang Hao, accession
- June — 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
- 616Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas first visited China.
- 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
- 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
- 620李世民擊敗入侵河東的劉武周、宋金剛。同年洛陽鄭帝王世充與河北夏帝竇建德結盟抗唐。
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |