755
755 — China: Zhang Xuan died
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- No events recorded for this year
| - Zhang Xuan died.
- An Lushan Rebellion: An Lushan rebels and declares himself emperor of Yan
- December — An Lushan Rebellion: The Tang jiedushi An Lushan declared himself emperor of Yan.
- 753Geshu Han ejects the Tibetans from the "Nine Bends" region on the upper course of the Yellow River
- 754Monk Jianzhen arrives in Japan and establishes the Risshū (Buddhism) sect in Nara
- 754Yang Guozhong invades Nanzhao but fails to engage with the enemy until supplies ran out, at which time they were attacked and routed
- 756安史叛軍入長安,唐玄宗出奔蜀地。至馬嵬驛,軍士嘩變,楊國忠、楊貴妃被殺。
- 756The Taoist Mao Kua reports in his Pinglongren (Recognition of the Recumbent Dragon) that by heating saltpeter, the yin of the air can be obtained, which combines with sulphur, carbon, and metals other than gold.
- 756Spring — Battle of Yongqiu: Yan forces retreated from their siege of a Tang fortress in Yongqiu, in modern Kaifeng.
- 756August — The Tang army declared Xuanzong's son Emperor Suzong of Tang emperor at Lingwu.
- 756September — Xuanzong recognized Suzong as emperor.
- 757An Qingxu flees across the Yellow River to southern Hebei
- 757Tang counterattack under Guo Ziyi and Uyghur allies evict the Yan from Chang'an and Luoyang
- 757Tibetan Empire conquers Shan Prefecture
- 757An Lushan is killed by his son An Qingxu
- 757Battle of Suiyang: Yan forces finally conquered Suiyang, in modern Suiyang District, after a siege that cost the lives of some sixty thousand Yan soldiers and thirty thousand Tang civilians were lost to starvation and cannibalism.
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- 754唐僧鑑真、来朝して律宗を伝える。
- 754Priest Ganjin arrives from China.
- 757The Yōrō Code completes the evolution of Ritsuryō law system.
- 757Fujiwara no Nakamaro defeats an attempt by Tachibana no Naramaro to seize power.
- 757橘奈良麻呂の乱
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