759
759 — China: Shi Siming occupies Luoyang / Japan: 頃 『万葉集』の成立
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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
| - Shi Siming occupies Luoyang
- Jianzhen founds the Tōshōdai-ji in Nara, Japan
- An Qingxu is killed by rebel Shi Siming
- Wang Wei died.
- 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.
- 758Princess Ningguo, second daughter of Emperor Suzong of Tang, marries Bayanchur Khan of the Uyghur Khaganate
- 758Arab and Persian pirates looted and burned the Tang seaport of Guangzhou.
- 760Yangzhou massacre
- 760Lu Yu composed The Classic of Tea.
- 760Lu Yu (730s-circa 804) composes The Classic of Tea
- 760Yangzhou massacre: Troops under Tian Shengong slaughter Arab and Persian merchants in Yangzhou
- 761The Protectorate General to Pacify the East is abolished
- 761Shi Siming is killed by his son Shi Chaoyi
| - 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
- 758Emperor Junnin, accession
| covered from 1607 |