651

What happened in Korea, China, Japan and the United States in 651, on one shared year axis.

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KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanAsuka period 538–710United States
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  • 649The campaign against Goguryeo is called off
  • 649July — Emperor Taizong of Tang succumbs to illness, possibly from the pills he took from his alchemists, and dies, his son Li Zhi succeeds him and becomes Emperor Gaozong of Tang
  • 649Tang campaign against Kucha
  • 649July — Taizong died.
  • 649The four arts were first written of as skills required of a Chinese scholar-official.
  • 649July — Taizong's son Emperor Gaozong of Tang became emperor of the Tang dynasty.
  • 650Earliest known extant piece of printed text appears in Chang'an: a fragment of a Buddhist dhāraṇī scroll written in Sanskrit, known as the Great spell of unsullied pure light (Wugou jingguang da tuoluoni jing 無垢淨光大陀羅尼經)
  • 653A woman claims the title of emperor and rises in rebellion, causing widespread disruption for a few weeks before she is defeated and dies
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