869
869 — China: Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu but fails to capture it / Japan: 869 Jōgan earthquake
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
| - Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu but fails to capture it
- Pang Xun is defeated by Shatuo cavalry under Zhuye Chixin and dies
- Kingdom of Qocho attacks the Guiyi Circuit but fails
- 868May — The Diamond Sutra was printed.
- 868Headed by Pang Xun, Guizhou garrison troops mutiny and move north
- 870Nanzhao lays siege to Chengdu (in Sichuan)
- 870Kingdom of Qocho attacks the Guiyi Circuit but fails
| - 869 Jōgan earthquake
- Shoku Nihon Kōki (4th volume of historical chronicles Rikkokushi) was completed.
- July — Devastating 869 Sanriku earthquake and tsunami occur off the Tohoku coast.
| covered from 1607 |