974

974 — China: Song troops constructed a floating pontoon bridge across the Yangtze River in order to secure supply lines while fighting against the Southern Tang

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KoreaGoryeo 918–1392ChinaSong dynasty 960–1271JapanHeian period 794–1185United States
  • No events recorded for this year
  • 975고려 경종 즉위
  • 976전시과 제도를 실시
  • Song troops constructed a floating pontoon bridge across the Yangtze River in order to secure supply lines while fighting against the Southern Tang.
  • 宋發兵討伐南唐。ZH
  • The earliest natural history of pharmaceuticals, the Kaibao Bencao, is printed
  • The Mo clan of Nandan submits to Song authority
  • 972Emperor Taizu of Song recognized the independence of Vietnamese kingdom Đại Cồ Việt with establishing the nominate tributary relation
  • 975Emperor Taizu of Song tries to convince Pugui of the Mu'ege Kingdom situated in northwest, central, east, and southeast Guizhou to acquiesce to Song overlordship
  • 975宋軍攻陷金陵,李煜奉表投降,南唐亡。
  • 975Song conquest of Southern Tang
  • 976The Yuelu Academy was founded.
  • 976Song dynasty and aboriginal allies in Guizhou attack the Mu'ege Kingdom, forcing them to retreat to Dafang County
  • 976November — Emperor Taizu of Song dies and his brother Zhao Guangyi succeeds him as Emperor Taizong of Song
  • 976November — Taizu died.
  • 976January — Song forces conquered and annexed Southern Tang.
  • No events recorded for this year

covered from 1607