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 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanNara period 710–794 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - 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 |