Region: China · Coordinates: 36.600, 114.480 · 12 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 354 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | King Hui of Wei attacked Zhao and besieged Handan; the King of Chu sent Jing She to rescue Zhao. |
| 259 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Qin attacked Zhao's Handan, but could not take it and withdrew. |
| 259 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | The First Emperor was born in Handan in the first month of the forty-eighth year of King Zhao, and his name was Zheng. |
| 258 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month Qin's Wang Ling attacked Handan but was at a disadvantage; even with reinforcements he lost five companies (xiao). Asked to replace him, the recovered Bai Qi declined, saying Handan was not easy to take. |
| 257 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Prince Wuji (Lord Xinling) of Wei greatly defeated the Qin army under Handan; Wang He lifted the siege and fled, and Zheng Anping led twenty thousand and surrendered to Zhao. |
| 228 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Wang Jian and Qiang Hui pacified Zhao's Dongyang and captured the King of Zhao; the First Emperor went to Handan and buried his old enemies in a pit. |
| 228 BC | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Qin took Handan, captured King Qian of Zhao and pacified Zhao's land; the king went to Handan, killed Mu Jia's enemies, and returned by way of Taiyuan and Shangjun. |
| 197 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | Revolt of Chen Xi, Chancellor of Dai; the emperor campaigned in person, reached Handan, and said that since Chen Xi had not held southern Handan there was nothing he could do, and bought off Chen Xi's generals with money. |
| 197 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Chen Xi, Chancellor of Zhao, rebelled at Dai; Gaozu went east and reached Handan, and said that Chen Xi was incompetent because he did not block the Zhang River. |
| AD 23 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Wang Lang, a diviner of royal Zhao descent, falsely claimed to be a son of Emperor Cheng and was enthroned as emperor at Handan. |
| AD 24 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | In the fourth month Guangwu besieged Handan, and on the fifth month, day jiachen, took the city and killed Wang Lang. |
| AD 945 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | The Rong king heard the news at Handan and immediately fled north; the government army also withdrew south to hold Liyang. |