736
736 — China: An Lushan attacks the Khitans but is defeated
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| 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
| - An Lushan attacks the Khitans but is defeated
- 734Tang and Tibetan Empire demarcate their territory Chiling Mountain with a boundary tablet
- 734Zhang Shougui defeats Khitan forces in Youzhou (Hebei)
- 735Turgesh attack Ting Prefecture.
- 737Hexi jiedushi Cui Xiyi makes a covenant with the Tibetan general in Koko-nor, Yilishu, to relax border defenses so their soldiers can engage in agriculture and animal husbandry. A white dog is sacrificed to seal the covenant.
- 737Piluoge (皮羅閣) unites the six zhaos (kingdoms) with Tang support
- 738Tang captures and loses Anrong to the Tibetan Empire
| - No events recorded for this year
- 735Genbō and Kibi no Makibi return from China.
- 735A major smallpox epidemic spreads from Kyushu, resulting in a third of the population perishing, 10 years of social instability and 4 transfers of the Imperial capital through Kuni-kyō, Shigaraki Palace and Naniwa-kyō before returning to Heijō-kyō in 745.
| covered from 1607 |