Timeline of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms

900s

YearDateEvent
907Later Liang: Zhu Wen deposes Emperor Ai of Tang and founds the Later Liang in Kaifeng, ruling over North China[1]
Later Liang: The Khúc clan takes control of Annam and establishes tributary relations with Later Liang[2]
Jin: Li Keyong stays independent as Jin in Shanxi[1]
Chu: Later Liang makes Ma Yin Prince of Chu[1]
Wuyue: Qian Liu becomes Prince of Wuyue[1]
Former Shu: Wang Jian declares himself emperor of Former Shu in Chengdu[1]
908Jin: Li Keyong dies and is succeeded by his son Li Cunxu[1]
909Later Liang: Zhu Wen moves the Ancestral Temple to Luoyang[1]
Min: Wang Shenzhi becomes Prince of Min in Fuzhou[1]

910s

YearDateEvent
911Yan: Liu Shouguang declares Yan around modern day Beijing[3]
912Later Liang: Zhu Wen is killed by his son Zhu Yougui, who usurps power[1]
913Jin: Defeats Liu Shouguang[3]
Later Liang: Zhu Yougui is killed by his brother Zhu Youzhen, who seizes power and moves the capital to Kaifeng[1]
916Abaoji declares himself emperor of the Khitans[4]
917Southern Han: Liu Yan declares himself emperor of Great Yue in Guangzhou[1]
918Southern Han: Liu Yan renames Great Yue to Southern Han[1]
919Wu: Yang Longyan declares himself Prince of Wu[1]
The gunpowder slow match appears in China.[5]

920s

YearDateEvent
922Abaoji raids Jin[6]
923Later Tang: Li Cunxu conquers Later Liang and founds Later Tang[7]
Qi: Li Maozhen submits to Later Tang[8]
Abaoji raids Later Tang[6]
924Later Tang: Capital is moved to Luoyang[7]
Jingnan: Gao Jixing becomes Prince of Nanping in Jingzhou[7]
925Later Tang: Conquers Former Shu and names Luoyang its Eastern Capital[7]
926Later Tang: Li Cunxu is killed and Li Siyuan becomes emperor in Luoyang[7]

930s

YearDateEvent
930Southern Han: Invades Annam and removes the Khúc clan from power[9]
Later Tang: Yelü Bei flees to Later Tang[10]
931Southern Han: Dương Đình Nghệ expels Southern Han from Đại La and declares himself governor[9]
932Wuyue: Qian Liu dies and is succeeded by his son Qian Yuanguan who dies not long after and is succeeded by Li Congke[7]
The Twelve Classics and other texts are printed[11]
934Later Tang: Li Siyuan dies and is succeeded by his son Li Conghou[7]
Later Shu: Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor of Later Shu and dies not long after and is succeeded by his son Meng Chang[7]
93628 NovemberLater Jin: Khitans install Shi Jingtang as emperor of the Later Jin. In return Shi transfers 16 prefectures in Shanxi and Hebei to the Liao.[7]
Later Jin: Conquers Later Tang[7]
937Southern Tang: Li Bian declares himself emperor of Southern Tang in Jinling and replaces Wu[7]
Southern Han: Kiều Công Tiễn kills Dương Đình Nghệ and calls Southern Han into a war against his enemies in the southern provinces, however Đình Nghệ's son-in-law Ngô Quyền murders Công Tiễn[12]
Later Jin: Shi Jingtang kills Yelü Bei[10]
938Battle of Bạch Đằng: Ngô Quyền defeats the Southern Han fleet[12]
939Ngô Quyền declares his own Ngô dynasty at Cổ Loa Citadel[12]

940s

YearDateEvent
942Southern Han: Liu Yan dies[7]
Later Jin: Shi Jingtang dies and is succeeded by his nephew Shi Chonggui[7]
943Southern Tang: Li Bian dies[7]
945Southern Tang: Conquers Min[7]
947The Khitan state is named the Liao dynasty[4]
Liao dynasty invades Later Jin and sacks Xiang Prefecture, killing most of its population[7]
Later Han: Liu Zhiyuan declares himself emperor of Later Han in Kaifeng[7]
948Later Han: Liu Zhiyuan dies and is succeeded by his son Liu Chengyou[7]

950s

YearDateEvent
950Later Han: Liu Chengyou fails to kill Guo Wei and dies[7]
Fire lances appear in China.[13]
951Later Zhou: Guo Wei declares himself emperor of Later Zhou[7]
Northern Han: Liu Chong declares himself emperor of Northern Han in Taiyuan[7]
Southern Tang: Annexes Chu[7]
953The Iron Lion of Cangzhou, the largest and oldest surviving cast iron artwork in China, is cast[14]
954Later Zhou: Guo Wei dies and is succeeded by his adopted son Chai Rong[7]
955Later Zhou: Chai Rong launches proscription campaign against Buddhism[7]
956Later Zhou: Chai Rong launches expedition against Southern Tang[7]
957Later Zhou: Chai Rong captures areas south of the Huai from Southern Tang[7]
959Later Zhou: Chai Rong dies and is succeeded by his son Chai Zongxun[7]

960s

YearDateEvent
960FebruarySong dynasty: Zhao Kuangyin declares himself Emperor Taizu of Song, replacing Later Zhou[15]
963Song: Conquers Jingnan[15]
Song: Introduces the appointment by protection system, which allows high officials to nominate their sons, grandsons, and nephews for the civil service[16]
965Song conquest of Later Shu: Song conquers Later Shu[15]
Tao Gu provides the first written documentation of using cormorants for fishing[17]
968Đinh Bộ Lĩnh of the Đinh dynasty declares independence from China[18]
969Gunpowder propelled fire arrows, rocket arrows, are invented by Yue Yifang and Feng Jisheng.[19]

970s

YearDateEvent
971Song conquest of Southern Han: Song conquers Southern Han[15]
974The earliest natural history of pharmaceuticals, the Kaibao Bencao, is printed[20]
975Song conquest of Southern Tang: Song conquers Southern Tang[15]
97614 NovemberSong: Emperor Taizu of Song dies and his brother Zhao Guangyi succeeds him as Emperor Taizong of Song[21][22]
978Song: Conquers Wuyue[15]
979Song conquest of Northern Han: Song conquers Northern Han[15]

References

  1. Xiong 2009, p. cxvi.
  2. Taylor 2013, p. 44.
  3. Xiong 2009, p. 326.
  4. Xiong 2009, p. 311.
  5. Needham 1986f, p. 85.
  6. Mote 2003, p. 44.
  7. Xiong 2009, p. cxvii.
  8. Xiong 2009, p. 300.
  9. Taylor 2013, p. 45.
  10. Twitchett 1994, p. 69.
  11. Wilkinson 2012, p. 910.
  12. Taylor 2013, p. 46.
  13. Andrade 2016, p. 35.
  14. Needham 2008, p. 291.
  15. Xiong 2009, p. cxviii.
  16. Kuhn 2009, p. 124.
  17. Needham 1986h, p. 460.
  18. Twitchett 2009, p. 247.
  19. Liang 2006.
  20. Needham 1986h, p. 280.
  21. Twitchett 2009, p. 228.
  22. Twitchett 2009, p. 242.

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Preceded by
Tang dynasty
Dynasties in Chinese history
907–960
Succeeded by
Song dynasty
Liao dynasty
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