792
792 — China: Tibetan Empire conquers Xi Prefecture and Yutian
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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
- 793발해 성왕 즉위
- 793발해 대원의가 즉위
- 794발해 강왕 즉위
| - Tibetan Empire conquers Xi Prefecture and Yutian
- 790Tibetan Empire conquers Ting Prefecture
- 791Tang regains control of Annan
- 791吐蕃陷安西都護府，西域自此斷絕。
- 793Tang general Wei Gao destroys 50 Tibetan strongholds and defeats a 30,000 strong Tibetan army, recovering Yan Prefecture
- 794Prince Li Gao ordered the construction of the first Chinese paddle-wheel ships.
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- 790Relatively minor smallpox outbreak resulting in large mortality of men aged 30 or below.
- 794The Heian period starts after Emperor Kanmu moves the capital to Heian-kyō (ancient name of Kyoto). Emperor Kanmu chooses to relocate the capital in order to distance it from the clerical establishment in Nara.
- 794平安京に遷都する。
- 794The first shōgun, Ōtomo no Otomaro, is appointed by Emperor Kanmu in 794 CE. A shōgun was the military dictator of Japan with near absolute power over territories via the military.
| covered from 1607 |