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
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| KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanHeian period 794–1185 | United States |
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- 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。
| - 806Emperor Heizei, accession
- 806The Japanese kana scripts (invention popularly attributed to Kūkai) have evolved as distinct from Chinese characters.
| covered from 1607 |