709

709 — China: The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was completed / Japan: The Fort Ideha is established near modern Akita, marking the start of submission of the Emishi people in the Tōhoku region to Japanese

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KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanAsuka period 538–710United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • The Small Wild Goose Pagoda was completed.
  • 707Crown Prince Li Chongjun starts a coup in which he kills Wu Sansi and assaults the palace; the coup fails and he is killed by his own soldiers while fleeing
  • 707Qapaghan Qaghan of the Second Turkic Khaganate conducts raids against Tang
  • 708Peroz III arrives back at the Tang court
  • 708Turgesh attacked Qiuci
  • 710July — Emperor Zhongzong of Tang is poisoned to death by Empress Wei (his second wife), and Princess Anle, their daughter; Emperor Zhongzong of Tang's youngest son Emperor Shang of Tang succeeds the throne
  • 710Emperor Shang of Tang, accession
  • 710Shangguan Wan'er died.
  • 710金城公主嫁入吐蕃。同年,韋后與安樂公主謀殺中宗,立李重茂為帝,韋后攝政。同年,李隆基率禁軍殺韋后等,擁其父睿宗為帝。
  • 710Liu Zhiji compiled the Shitong.
  • 710Zhang Xuanbiao of the Tang dynasty invades northeastern Tibet
  • 710July — A coup led by Gaozong's daughter Princess Taiping and grandson Emperor Xuanzong of Tang killed Wei and deposed Shang in favor of his uncle, Gaozong's son Emperor Ruizong of Tang.
  • 710July — Zhongzong died after being poisoned, probably by his wife Empress Wei.
  • 710July — Zhongzong's son Emperor Shang of Tang became emperor of Tang, with Wei acting as regent.
  • 711The post of jiedushi is created
  • The Fort Ideha is established near modern Akita, marking the start of submission of the Emishi people in the Tōhoku region to Japanese.
  • 708銀銭及び銅銭を鋳造する(和同開珎)。
  • 710The Nara period starts after Empress Genmei establishes the capital of Heijō-kyō.
  • 710平城京に遷都する。
  • 711The law prohibiting nobles from restricting peasant's access to non-agricultural areas is enacted. Stagnation in cultivated land area begins and continues until the 14th century.

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