720

720 — China: Bilge Khagan of the Second Turkic Khaganate invades the Tang dynasty and extracts tribute / Japan: 『日本書紀』の成立

6 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanNara period 710–794United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 719발해 무왕 즉위
  • 722신라 정전 지급
  • Bilge Khagan of the Second Turkic Khaganate invades the Tang dynasty and extracts tribute
  • Tang bestows titles on the kings of Oddiyana, Khuttal, and Chitral
  • Tibetan Empire seizes the Stone City
  • The governor-general of Ying Prefecture sends 500 Tang soldiers to interfere in Khitan conflicts but is defeated
  • 719Turgesh captures Suiye
  • 722Tang assists Lesser Bolü (小勃律, a city state centering modern Gilgit, Pakistan, in Kashmir) in repulsing advancing Tibetan troops
  • 722Mai Thúc Loan rebels in Annan and is defeated
  • 『日本書紀』の成立。JA
  • November — Murder of governor Kamitsukenu no Ason Hirohito and subsequent punitive expedition to Mutsu Province.
  • 718養老律令の成立(実施は757年(天平宝字元年)から)。
  • 718Fujiwara no Fuhito compiles the Yōrō Code (the update of Taihō Code) which is accepted in 757.
  • 721Hayato rebellion
  • 721Severe drought occurs and the government attempts to mitigate it by clearing farmland in the Mutsu Province.

covered from 1607