659

659 — China: The History of the Southern Dynasties and the History of the Northern Dynasties were completed

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KoreaThree Kingdoms of Korea 57 BC–660ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanAsuka period 538–710United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 660Battle of Hwangsanbeol
  • 660백제가 멸망
  • 660Baekje falls to the Silla-Tang forces.
  • 661신라 문무왕 즉위
  • The History of the Southern Dynasties and the History of the Northern Dynasties were completed.
  • Evidence of a dental amalgam appears in the medical text Newly Revised Herbal Foundation (《新修本草》, Xīnxiū Běncǎo) written by Su Gong (苏恭), manufactured from tin and silver.
  • 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.
  • 658Luoyang becomes the Eastern Capital
  • 658Conquest of the Western Turks
  • 660Emperor Gaozong of Tang begins suffering from severe headaches as well as loss of vision and yields decision-making power to Wu Zetian
  • 660Su Dingfang defeats Baekje
  • 660Tibetan Empire and their Turkic allies attack Shule
  • 660Tang attacks the Khitans and captures their leader Abugu, sending him back to Luoyang
  • 661Peroz III of the Sasanian Empire requests military aid from Tang against the Arab invasion of Persia
  • 661Su Dingfang lays siege to Pyongyang
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 660Japanese, under command of Abe no Hirafu, massacre the Mishihase people in Hokkaido. The Japanese do not return to Hokkaido until over 700 years later.
  • 660百済が唐・新羅に滅ぼされ、百済人が日本に渡来。

covered from 1607