725

725 — China: Yi Xing invented a water-powered armillary sphere

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KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanNara period 710–794United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • Yi Xing invented a water-powered armillary sphere.
  • The king of Khotan rebels but is immediately replaced with a Tang puppet by the Anxi Protectorate
  • 723Princess Jincheng writes to Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkoṭa Empire asking for asylum. In response he contacts Zabulistan and forms an alliance against the Tibetan Empire.
  • 724Wang Junchuo launches an attack on the Tibetan Empire and scores a victory
  • 726Stag sgra khon lod of the Tibetan Empire attacks Gan Prefecture but most of their forces die in a snowstorm and the rest are mopped up by Wang Junchuo
  • 726Turgesh attacks Qiuci
  • 727Stag sgra khon lod and Cog ro Manporje of the Tibetan Empire and the Turgesh attack Qiuci and Gua Prefecture
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 723三世一身法を定める。
  • 724Emperor Shōmu was enthroned. Also, the site of the Taga Castle, near to modern Sendai, is founded.
  • 727渤海使が初めて渡来。

covered from 1607