853
853 — China: Duan Chengshi published the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang / Japan: February — Minor outbreak of smallpox. Outbreaks continue with average interval of 30 years until smallpox becomes endemic by 1061
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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
| - Duan Chengshi published the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang.
- Duan Chengshi publishes the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang, a text on Chinese and foreign folklore and legends; it contains the Ye Xian, an early version of the story of Cinderella
- 851Zhang Yichao captures Xi Prefecture and the Tang emperor makes him Guiyi Jiedushi (歸義節度使, Governor of the Guiyi Circuit) and Cao Yijin his secretary general
- 851An Arab traveler records the use of toilet paper in China.
- 851The Arab merchant Sulaiman al-Tajir visited Guangzhou.
- 851張議潮起義反吐蕃，復十一州歸唐。被任命為歸義軍節度使。
- 852Du Mu died.
| - February — Minor outbreak of smallpox. Outbreaks continue with average interval of 30 years until smallpox becomes endemic by 1061.
- 855Large-scale insurrection by the Emishi people of northern Japan.
| covered from 1607 |