Region: China · Coordinates: 32.013, 112.128 · 63 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 192 | Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals | Sun Jian was killed attacking Liu Biao at Xiangyang, and at Jieqiao Gongsun Zan suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Yuan Shao. |
| AD 192 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | Sun Jian, who was attacking Liu Biao of Jingzhou on Yuan Shu's orders, besieged Xiangyang; while going alone over Xianshan he was hit by an arrow from Huang Zu's troops and died. |
| AD 208 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Kuai Yue, Fu Sun and others of Jingzhou, including Zhangling's governor and the Tongcao Yan of Dongcao, urged Liu Cong to surrender to Cao Cao, citing the great pattern of obedience and violence, strength and weakness, and argued that Liu Bei could not withstand Cao's assault. |
| AD 226 | Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi) | The Wu generals Zhuge Jin and Zhang Ba invaded Xiangyang, but Sima Yi routed them and beheaded Zhang Ba. |
| AD 226 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | When Wu's Left General Zhuge Jin and others invaded Xiangyang, Sima Yi defeated them and beheaded their subordinate general Zhang Ba. |
| AD 268 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Wu's Shi Ji entered Jiangxia and Wan Yu attacked Xiangyang. Prince Wang of Yiyang Sima Wang was stationed at Longbei, and Jingzhou Governor Hu Lie defeated Wan Yu. |
| AD 269 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Emperor Wu, intending to destroy Wu, on day renyin appointed Yang Hu as Governor of Jingzhou and had him guard Xiangyang. |
| AD 330 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Shi Le took the throne and sent Guo Jing to attack Xiangyang. |
| AD 343 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | General Who Guards the West Yu Yi moved to Xiangyang as Grand Commander of Expeditions and took up his post there. |
| AD 379 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Fu Jian's son Pi took Xiangyang and captured Nan Zhonglang Zhu Xu. |
| AD 382 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Huan Chong sent Yangwei General Zhu Chuo to attack Qin's Jingzhou Governor Du Gui at Xiangyang; they burned and trampled the Mianbei military farms and plundered more than six hundred households before returning. |
| AD 383 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the summer fifth month, Huan Chong attacked Qin at Xiangyang with a hundred thousand; he sent Liu Bo and others against the cities north of the Mian, Yang Liang against Shu, who took five cities and then Fucheng, and Guo Quan to attack Wudang. |
| AD 403 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Xinye man Yu Ze, of Yin Zhongkan's followers, heard that Huan Wei had died and Shi Kang had not yet come, so he rose in arms and attacked Yongzhou governor Feng Gai at Xiangyang, driving him out. |
| AD 405 | Book of Jin (Jinshu), Imperial Annals | Lu Zongzhi, Governor of Nanyang, raised a volunteer army, attacked Xiangyang, and defeated the enemy. |
| AD 405 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month of spring, Lu Zongzhi, Governor of Nanyang, rose in arms and attacked Xiangyang, and Huan Wei fled to Jiangling. |
| AD 445 | Book of Song (Songshu), Annals | Liu Jun, Prince of Wuling and Governor of Yongzhou, attacked the Man peoples around the Mian River and moved over 14,000 people to the capital. |
| AD 461 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Liu Xiumao, Prince of Hailing and Governor of Yongzhou, killed the Sima, Yu Shenzhi, and rose in arms, but was beheaded by Yin Xuanqing, a Counselor. |
| AD 461 | Book of Song (Songshu), Annals | Liu Xiumao, Governor of Yongzhou and Prince of Hailing, killed the sima Yu Shenzhi and raised troops, but Xue Jikao, Grand Administrator of Yicheng, suppressed him and beheaded him. |
| AD 467 | Book of Song (Songshu), Annals | Xue Boling, son of Xue Andu, seized four commanderies of Yongzhou, but Liu Xiuruo, Prince of Baling and governor, suppressed him and beheaded him. |
| AD 493 | Book of Southern Qi (Nan Qishu), Annals | Wang Huan, Inspector of Yongzhou, is executed |
| AD 493 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Wang Huan, Governor of Yongzhou, is beheaded (March) after an uprising inside the city led by Sima Huang Yaoqi and Pei Shuye. |
| AD 497 | Book of Southern Qi (Nan Qishu), Annals | Cui Huijing, Minister of Finance, leads troops to relieve Yongzhou |
| AD 498 | Book of Southern Qi (Nan Qishu), Annals | When several commanderies in Mianbei fall to the enemy, Grand Commandant Chen Xianda is sent to relieve Yongzhou |
| AD 498 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Cui Huijing and Xiao Yan suffer a crushing defeat by Northern Wei at Deng city; soldiers drown in the ditches (March). |
| AD 500 | Book of Southern Qi (Nan Qishu), Annals | The Prince of Liang, Inspector of Yongzhou, raises a righteous army at Xiangyang |
| AD 500 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Xiao Yan, Governor of Yongzhou, rose in arms at Xiangyang. |
| AD 501 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | Xiao Yan left Xiangyang and set out eastward (leaving the defense of Xiangyang to his younger brother Wei). |
| AD 504 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Northern Wei crushes the Liang forces under Seng Bing at Fancheng, beheading or capturing more than 4,000 (March). |
| AD 509 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Northern Wei's Yuan Zhi, Governor of Jingzhou, with 70,000 men, is crushed by Liang forces at Changou; more than 10,000 are beheaded (March). |
| AD 533 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | He Basheng, Governor of Jingzhou of Northern Wei, invades Yongzhou, takes Xiamishui, and rattles the south of the Han River. |
| AD 554 | Book of Liang (Liangshu), Annals | The Wei army reached Xiangyang, and Xiao Cha joined them with his troops. |
| AD 554 | History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Annals | When Western Wei forces reached Xiangyang, Prince Liang Xiao Cha led his troops to join them. |
| AD 588 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | The Prince of Jin set out from Liuhe, the Prince of Qin from Xiangyang, and Yang Su from Xinzhou and other routes; in total there were ninety commanders and 518,000 troops. |
| AD 781 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Li Xilie attacked Xiangyang and killed Liang Chongyi. |
| AD 781 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Xilie defeats Liang Chongyi, who throws himself into a well with his wife and dies. |
| AD 905 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Yang Shihou broke Xiangzhou; Zhao Kuangning fled to Huainan, and Yang also took Jingnan. |
| AD 909 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On the ninth month, day Dingyou, that city was taken; more than a thousand rebel soldiers were beheaded, and Li Hong, Yang Qian and others were sent to Luoyang and executed. |
| AD 909 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Chen Hui suppressed the mutiny at Xiangzhou and captured its chief instigator, Li Hong. |
| AD 941 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Dingchou, An Congjin of Xiangzhou raised troops in rebellion, and Gao Xingzhou, guardian of the Western Capital, was made commander of the southern field headquarters to suppress him. |
| AD 941 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | An Congjin attacks Dengzhou but is defeated badly at Huashan, then returns to Xiangzhou and holds out. |
| AD 942 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Gao Xingzhou defeated Xiangzhou (An Congjin burned himself to death). |
| AD 942 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | After besieging Xiangzhou for more than a year, Gao Xingzhou takes it; An Congjin burns himself to death with his clan. |
| AD 1134 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the seventh month, dingchou, Liu Yu, hearing of Yue Fei's recovery of Xiangyang, asked Jin for troops; but Jin said that Song envoys such as Han Xiaozhou had only just arrived and it could not raise troops. |
| AD 1206 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Wanyan Kuang attacked Xiangyang and broke its outer city. |
| AD 1206 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The Jin invaded Shenmapo; Wei Youliang, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Jiangling, broke through the encirclement and headed for Xiangyang. |
| AD 1236 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | When the prefecture of Xiangyang submitted, You Xian was entrusted with Xiangyang and Fancheng. |
| AD 1238 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | The garrison commander of Xiangyang, Liu Yi, rebelled, seized You Xian and others, and surrendered to the Song; the Song recovered Xiangyang and Fancheng. |
| AD 1239 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the third month Meng Gong fought the Mongols three times, recovered Xinyang Jun, Fancheng and Xiangyang, then also recovered Guanghua Jun, and Xi and Cai surrendered. |
| AD 1246 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the ninth month Meng Gong gathered about fifteen thousand elite troops from Zhongyuan and stationed them north of the Han River between Fancheng, Xinye, Tang and Deng (Zhenbei Jun), and had them garrison Xiangyang. |
| AD 1257 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month the Mongol Dong Wenwei built walls at Guanghua and Zaoyang, stored supplies, and attacked Xiangyang and Fancheng together; to the south they relied on the Han River, to the north they were blocked by the lake, and in the end they could not cross. |
| AD 1268 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The Yuan built Baihe Castle and began to besiege Xiangyang and Fancheng. |
| AD 1268 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the eleventh month, day gengshen, Song troops at Xiangyang attacked the fortifications around the mountain but were defeated by A-zhu, and many died. |
| AD 1269 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Zhang Shijie, Commander of the Jinghu Circuit, led cavalry and infantry to relieve Xiangyang and Fancheng and fought at Chitanpu. |
| AD 1269 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the seventh month Gui Guo, heading for Xincheng, was defeated at Huweizhou by the naval forces of the Mongol manhu Xie Ruji; many soldiers drowned in the Han River and fifty warships all sank. |
| AD 1270 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Following a proposal that naval training and building warships were urgent for defending the siege of Xiangyang, more than seventy thousand naval troops were trained and five thousand warships were built. |
| AD 1270 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Fan Wenhu, of the Song, came to relieve Xiangyang with two thousand warships but was met and repulsed at Guanzi Rapids. |
| AD 1272 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Song general Zhang Gui of Xiangyang escaped the city by transport boats and charged along the waterway; they lit fires, pursued him for fifty li, and captured him. |
| AD 1273 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Jia Sidao first reported that Lü Wenhuan, commander of Xiangyang, had surrendered the city to the Yuan. |
| AD 1273 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Lü Wenhuan, Song's Jingxi pacification commissioner and prefect of Xiangyang, offered the city and surrendered. |
| AD 1273 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the second month, day gengxu, Lü Wenhuan, Jingxi pacification deputy commissioner, surrendered Xiangyang to the Yuan. |
| AD 1275 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | Saianfu (Xiangyang), a great city governing twelve cities; its fall is described in detail. |
| AD 1310 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Heavy rain fell at Xiangyang, the Xiazhou Circuit, and Jingmen Prefecture; mountains collapsed, and 21,829 rooms of government offices and houses were destroyed, with 3,466 deaths. |
| AD 1471 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | The rebellion of the Jing-Xiang refugees was pacified, and more than 1.4 million people returned to their former livelihoods. |