760
760 — China: Yangzhou massacre
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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
| - Yangzhou massacre
- Lu Yu composed The Classic of Tea.
- Lu Yu (730s-circa 804) composes The Classic of Tea
- Yangzhou massacre: Troops under Tian Shengong slaughter Arab and Persian merchants in Yangzhou
- 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.
- 759Shi Siming occupies Luoyang
- 759Jianzhen founds the Tōshōdai-ji in Nara, Japan
- 759An Qingxu is killed by rebel Shi Siming
- 759Wang Wei died.
- 761The Protectorate General to Pacify the East is abolished
- 761Shi Siming is killed by his son Shi Chaoyi
- 762May — Emperor Daizong of Tang ascends the throne
- 762May — Emperor Suzong of Tang dies of a heart attack
- 762史朝義自縊，安史之亂平定。
- 762Du Huan wrote the Jingxingji.
- 762May — Emperor Xuanzong of Tang dies from depression
- 762May — Suzong died of a heart attack.
- 762May — Suzong's son Emperor Daizong of Tang became emperor of the Tang dynasty.
| - No events recorded for this year
- 758Emperor Junnin, accession
- 759頃 『万葉集』の成立。
| covered from 1607 |