786
786 — China: Tibetan Empire conquers Yan and Xia prefectures
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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
- 785신라 원성왕 즉위
- 788신라 독서삼품과 설치
| - Tibetan Empire conquers Yan and Xia prefectures
- Warlord Li Xilie is killed
- 784Li Huaiguang of Shuofang rebels
- 784Tang breaks their promise to cede their protectorates to the Tibetan Empire and as a result the Treaty of Qingshui is annulled
- 784Tibetan Empire aids Tang in crushing Zhu Ci's rebellion in return for ownership of the Anxi Protectorate and Beiting Protectorate
- 784Emperor Dezong of Tang pardons Tian Yue et al.
- 784Zhu Ci is killed
- 784Li Sheng retakes Chang'an
- 785Phùng Hưng rebels in Annan
- 785The Tang official Jia Dan began work on a map of Tang and its former colonies.
- 787Tibetan Empire double crosses Tang at the Treaty of Pingliang and captures many of the Tang officials and military leaders present
- 787Tibetan Empire destroys Yan and Xia prefectures before abandoning them
- 787Tibetan Empire captures Sha Prefecture and Qiuci
- 788Tang defeats the Tibetan Empire at Xi Prefecture
- 788Princess Xian'an, eighth daughter of Emperor Dezong of Tang, marries Alp qutlugh bilge of the Uyghur Khaganate
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| covered from 1607 |