629

629 — China: Buddhist monk Xuanzang sets off for the west / Japan: Emperor Jomei, accession

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KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanAsuka period 538–710United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 631Goguryeo builds the first Cheolli Jangseong following Tang incursions into Goguryeo's northwestern border.
  • Buddhist monk Xuanzang sets off for the west
  • 唐將李靖率騎兵攻滅東突厥。ZH
  • 627Tang dynasty and Uyghur forces engage in battle with the Turks and Tibetans
  • 627A large number of prefectures and counties are combined or abolished; the Ten Circuits are introduced
  • 628June — Rebel Liang Shidu dies from assassination
  • 630Japanese missions to Tang China: Japan sends its first mission to the Tang dynasty
  • 630Tang campaign against the Eastern Turks
  • 630北方各族入貢長安,諸民族尊稱唐太宗為「天可汗」。
  • 631Gao Biaoren (高表仁) accompanies Japanese embassy back to Japan
  • Emperor Jomei, accession
  • 630The first of Japanese missions to Tang China
  • 630犬上御田鍬を唐に派遣。遣唐使の初め。

covered from 1607