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600 CE - 673 CE: Life of celebrated Chinese court painter Yan Liben.
618 CE - 907 CE: The Tang Dynasty in China.
618 CE - 626 CE: Reign of Gaozu, 1st Emperor of Tang Dynasty in China.
626 CE - 649 CE: Woodblock printing process develops under reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.
626 CE - 649 CE: Reign of Emperor Taizong in China.
644 CE: A Goguryeo army defeats a combined Silla and Tang army.
649 CE - 683 CE: Reign of Emperor Gaozong in China.
660 CE: The Baekje kingdom in Korea falls to a joint Silla and Chinese Tang Dynasty army and naval attack.
661 CE: A Tang Dynasty army unsuccessfully besieges the Goguryeo capital of Pyongyang.
667 CE: A Tang Dynasty army besieges the Goguryeo capital of Pyongyang for a second time, this time successfully.
668 CE: The Goguryeo kingdom of northern Korea collapses following an attack by the Tang Dynasty of China.
675 CE: The Buddhist Fengxiansi Cave is carved at Longmen Grottoes, China.
675 CE: A Silla army defeats a Tang force at the battles of Maesosong.
676 CE: A Silla army defeats a Tang force at the battle of Kibolpo, thus gaining control of the whole Korean peninsula.
683 CE - 704 CE: Reign of Empress Wu Zetian, only female monarch of China.
699 CE - 759 CE: Life of Wang Wei, the celebrated Chinese landscape painter.
701 CE - 762 CE: Life of Li Po, greatest poet of the Tang Dynasty.
712 CE - 770 CE: Life of the poet Du Fu, great poet of Tang Dynasty.
712 CE - 756 CE: Taoism becomes official religion of China under the Emperor Xuanzong.
712 CE - 756 CE: Reign of Xuanzong, 7th emperor of the Tang Dynasty in China.
732 CE: Balhae attacks by sea the Chinese port of Dengzhou.
755 CE: General An Lushan rebels against Tang Dynasty abuses in China.
756 CE - 762 CE: Reign of Emperor Suzong in China.
762 CE - 779 CE: Reign of Emperor Daizong in China.
772 CE - 846 CE: Life of Bai Juyi, greatest poet of later Tang Dynasty, author of "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".
780 CE - 805 CE: Reign of Emperor Dezong in China.
805 CE: Reign of Emperor Shunzong in China.
806 CE - 820 CE: Reign of Emperor Xianzong in China.
821 CE - 824 CE: Reign of Emperor Muzong in China.
824 CE - 826 CE: Reign of Emperor Jingzong in China.
826 CE - 840 CE: Reign of Emperor Wenzong in China.
840 CE - 846 CE: Reign of Emperor Wuzong in China.
840 CE - 846 CE: Reign of Chinese emperor Wuzong of the Tang dynasty.
842 CE - 845 CE: The Chinese state persecutes Buddhist monks and their monasteries.
843 CE: The Tang empire attacks and kills 10,000 Uyghur tribespeople in Inner Mongolia.
846 CE - 859 CE: Reign of Emperor Xuanzong II in China.
859 CE - 873 CE: Reign of Emperor Yizong in China; severe drought causes famine.
873 CE - 888 CE: Reign of Emperor Xizong in China; Huang-Chao Rebellion erupts against government corruption and neglect.
874 CE - 884 CE: Huang-Chao Rebellion topples weakened Tang Dynasty in China.
888 CE - 904 CE: Reign of Emperor Zhaozong in China.
904 CE: Emperor Zhaozong of China assassinated by Warlord Zhu Quanzong.
904 CE - 907 CE: Reign of Ai, last Tang Dynasty Emperor of China; assassinated by Warlord Zhu Quanzong at age fifteen.
907 CE - 960 CE: The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
937 CE - 975 CE: First mention of foot-binding in Chinese texts.