736

736 — China: An Lushan attacks the Khitans but is defeated

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KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanNara period 710–794United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 737신라 효성왕 즉위
  • 737발해 문왕 즉위
  • 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