739

739 — China: Tang scores a major victory against the Tibetan Empire at Shan Prefecture

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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
  • Tang scores a major victory against the Tibetan Empire at Shan Prefecture
  • The Tang Institutions of Six Administrative Divisions (Tang Liudian 唐六典) is completed
  • 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
  • 740Meng Haoran died.
  • 740Wu Daozi died.
  • 740An Lushan attacks the Khitans
  • 740Tang captures Anrong from the Tibetan Empire
  • 741Tibetan Empire attacks Tang in the Qinghai region but is repelled; the Tibetans sack the Stone City on their way back
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 740Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion
  • 741聖武天皇が諸国に国分寺・国分尼寺建立の詔。
  • 741Shōmu establishes the provincial temples as a part of shift from Confucianism to Buddhism, impacted by ongoing epidemic and famine.

covered from 1607