868
868 — China: May — The Diamond Sutra was printed
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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
| - May — The Diamond Sutra was printed.
- Headed by Pang Xun, Guizhou garrison troops mutiny and move north
- 866Gao Pian retakes Annan from Nanzhao
- 866Tibetans retreat to the Tibetan Plateau
- 866Zhang Yichao defeats bLon Khrom brZhe and seizes Ting Prefecture and Luntai but immediately loses them as well as Xi Prefecture to the Kingdom of Qocho
- 869Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu but fails to capture it
- 869Pang Xun is defeated by Shatuo cavalry under Zhuye Chixin and dies
- 869Kingdom of Qocho attacks the Guiyi Circuit but fails
- 870Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu (in Sichuan)
- 870Kingdom of Qocho attacks the Guiyi Circuit but fails
| - No events recorded for this year
- 866Ōtenmon Incident
- 869869 Jōgan earthquake
- 869Shoku Nihon Kōki (4th volume of historical chronicles Rikkokushi) was completed.
- 869July — Devastating 869 Sanriku earthquake and tsunami occur off the Tohoku coast.
| covered from 1607 |