740
740 — China: Meng Haoran died / Japan: Fujiwara no Hirotsugu rebellion
5 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.
| 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
| - Meng Haoran died.
- Wu Daozi died.
- An Lushan attacks the Khitans
- Tang captures Anrong from the Tibetan Empire
- 738Tang captures and loses Anrong to the Tibetan Empire
- 739Tang scores a major victory against the Tibetan Empire at Shan Prefecture
- 739The Tang Institutions of Six Administrative Divisions (Tang Liudian 唐六典) is completed
- 741Tibetan Empire attacks Tang in the Qinghai region but is repelled; the Tibetans sack the Stone City on their way back
- 742安祿山為平盧節度使。同年,李白入長安。
- 742Huangfu Weiming of Longyou and Wang Chui of Hexi invade northeastern Tibet and kill several thousand Tibetans
| - Fujiwara 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 |