739
739 — China: Tang scores a major victory against the Tibetan Empire at Shan Prefecture
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| KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanNara period 710–794 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - 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 |