879

879 — China: Guangzhou massacre / Japan: Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (5th volume of historical chronicles Rikkokushi) was completed

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KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918ChinaTang dynasty 618–907JapanHeian period 794–1185United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • Guangzhou massacre
  • 877Nanzhao retreats from Qianzhong Circuit in modern Guizhou
  • 877Earliest known printed almanac, the Qianfu sinian lishu (乾符四年曆書), is dated to this year
  • 878Wang Xianzhi dies; Huang Chao takes over
  • 880Huang Chao sacks Luoyang
  • 880Zeng Gun withdraws Tang troops from the south and relinquishes control over Annan
  • 881Huang Chao occupies Chang'an; Emperor Xizong of Tang flees to Chengdu
  • 881Gan and Liang prefectures become independent
  • Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (5th volume of historical chronicles Rikkokushi) was completed.
  • 878March — Akita Castle is overrun during the Gangyou disturbance [ja] with the background of heavy drought and famine, resulting in growing independence of Dewa Province.
  • 878元慶の乱

covered from 1607