805

805 — China: Wang Shuwen makes a failed attempt to take back military power from the eunuchs / Japan: 徳政相論が行われる

6 events. The text is the source chronology verbatim; the terms are in Sources & licenses. The grey lines above and below are the surrounding 2 years.

KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanHeian period 794–1185United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • Wang Shuwen makes a failed attempt to take back military power from the eunuchs
  • February — Emperor Dezong of Tang dies; his son Li Song succeeds him and becomes Emperor Shunzong of Tang, who abdicates in favor of his son Li Chun, who becomes Emperor Xianzong of Tang
  • February — Dezong's son Emperor Shunzong of Tang became emperor of the Tang dynasty.
  • February — Dezong died.
  • August — Shunzong abdicated in favor of his son Emperor Xianzong of Tang.
  • 803Champa seizes southern Annan
  • 803Tang pushes the western border forward to Pingliang
  • 803The Leshan Giant Buddha is completed
  • 804Kukai visits China
  • 804Merchants start using paper notes known as flying cash as a credit medium
  • 806Kukai returns to Japan
  • 806Emperor Xianzong of Tang pacifies military commanders in Jiannan and the lower Yangzi region
  • 806Xianzong launched the first of a series of military campaigns against the provinces.
  • 806唐憲宗即位,是為元和中興。
  • 徳政相論が行われる。JA
  • 806Emperor Heizei, accession
  • 806The Japanese kana scripts (invention popularly attributed to Kūkai) have evolved as distinct from Chinese characters.

covered from 1607