939
939 — Japan: Tengyō no Ran – the failed rebellion of Taira no Masakado in Hitachi Province and Shimōsa Province, Fujiwara no Sumitomo in Iyo Province and San'yō region, plus opportunistic uprisings in Dewa Province – the first of many rebellions led by professional warriors (samurai), has led to the downfall of the Tachibana clan
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| KoreaGoryeo 918–1392 | ChinaFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period 907–960 | JapanHeian period 794–1185 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
- 937Tae Kwanghyŏn, the last Crown Prince of Balhae, flees to Goryeo with a great portion of the Balhae royalty and aristocracy and settles with tens of thousands of Balhae households there.
- 938Goryeo subjugates Tamna.
| - No events recorded for this year
- 937January — The Later Tang emperor Li Congke burned himself to death with his family and servants as the joint armies of Liao and Later Jin approached his capital Luoyang.
- 937November — The Wu emperor Yang Pu was deposed by his general Li Bian, who declared himself emperor of the Wu successor state of Southern Tang.
- 938石敬瑭割讓燕雲十六州予契丹。
| - Tengyō no Ran – the failed rebellion of Taira no Masakado in Hitachi Province and Shimōsa Province, Fujiwara no Sumitomo in Iyo Province and San'yō region, plus opportunistic uprisings in Dewa Province – the first of many rebellions led by professional warriors (samurai), has led to the downfall of the Tachibana clan.
- 平将門の乱JA
- 藤原純友の乱（天慶の乱）JA
- 937官符を下して、平将門を追捕せしむ。
- 940平貞盛・押領使藤原秀郷ら、平将門を誅する。
- 941承平天慶の乱
- 941源経基・追捕使小野好古ら、藤原純友を誅する。
- 941天慶の乱 (出羽国)
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