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 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanNara period 710–794United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 742신라 경덕왕 즉위
  • 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