655
655 — China: Wu Zetian is set up as empress
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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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- No events recorded for this year
| - Wu Zetian is set up as empress
- 武昭儀被立為皇后。ZH
- 653A woman claims the title of emperor and rises in rebellion, causing widespread disruption for a few weeks before she is defeated and dies
- 656Cheng Yaojin defeats the Karluk and Turgesh forces of the Western Turkic Khaganate
- 657Battle of Irtysh River
- 657唐將蘇定方西征攻下西突厥汗國。
- 657Gaozong commissioned the compilation of a materia medica.
| - No events recorded for this year
| covered from 1607 |