806
806 — China: Kukai returns to Japan / Japan: Emperor Heizei, accession
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 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanHeian period 794–1185 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - Kukai returns to Japan
- Emperor Xianzong of Tang pacifies military commanders in Jiannan and the lower Yangzi region
- Xianzong launched the first of a series of military campaigns against the provinces.
- 唐憲宗即位，是為元和中興。ZH
- 804Kukai visits China
- 804Merchants start using paper notes known as flying cash as a credit medium
- 805Wang Shuwen makes a failed attempt to take back military power from the eunuchs
- 805February — 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
- 805February — Dezong's son Emperor Shunzong of Tang became emperor of the Tang dynasty.
- 805February — Dezong died.
- 805August — Shunzong abdicated in favor of his son Emperor Xianzong of Tang.
- 808The Chuy branch of Shatuo Turks are defeated by the Tibetan Empire and move to Inner China
- 808First confirmed reference to gunpowder appears in the Taishang Shengzu Jindan Mijue
| - Emperor Heizei, accession
- The Japanese kana scripts (invention popularly attributed to Kūkai) have evolved as distinct from Chinese characters.
| covered from 1607 |