Region: China · Coordinates: 37.870, 112.550 · 60 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 247 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Meng Ao took thirty-seven walls including Gaodu and Ji of Wei and Yuci, Xincheng and Langmeng of Zhao, and established Taiyuan Commandery. |
| 177 BC | Book of Han (Hanshu), Imperial Annals | The emperor went from Ganquan via Gaonu to Taiyuan, met his old ministers and stayed about ten days. |
| 177 BC | Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals | Emperor Wen went from Ganquan through Gaonu to Taiyuan, rewarded his old officials, and stayed there over ten days. |
| AD 304 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Yuan sent Liu Yao to invade Taiyuan, taking Xuanshi, Tunliu, Changzi and Zhongdu. |
| AD 616 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | Zhen Zhai'er, calling himself Lishanfei, attacked Taiyuan; General Pan Changwen was defeated and killed. |
| AD 617 | Book of Sui (Suishu), Imperial Annals | The Duke of Tang (Li Yuan) raised a volunteer army at Taiyuan. |
| AD 619 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Qi Prince Li Yuanji, pressed by Liu Wuzhou, fled to Chang'an and Bingzhou fell. |
| AD 723 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Xuanzong reached Bingzhou and renamed it the Northern Capital. |
| AD 778 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | The Huihe attacked Taiyuan; Bao Fang fought them but was at a disadvantage. |
| AD 844 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Lü Yizhong reports that he has recovered Taiyuan. |
| AD 901 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Shucong enters Taihang, comes below Jinyang walls and provokes battle, terrifying the city. |
| AD 908 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Renxu of the second month, Li Cunzhang set an ambush, killed Li Kening, and quelled the rebellion. |
| AD 908 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Li Cunxu ascended the throne at Taiyuan. |
| AD 914 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Liu Shouguang, King of Yan, was executed at Taiyuan, and his father Liu Rengong was taken to Yanmen. |
| AD 916 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | In the same month, the Liang ruler gave the special commander Wang Tan fifty thousand troops and ordered him to march from Yindi Pass to Jinyang and attack urgently. |
| AD 931 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Xinyou, the Left Palace Remonstrator Li Xiang memorialized that there had been earthquakes for several days in the Northern Capital, and proposed sending envoys to console the people and sacrifice to the mountains and rivers. |
| AD 932 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Jingtang becomes Beijing Liushou and Military Commissioner of Hedong, taking charge of defense to the north. |
| AD 936 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Renyin, Shi Jingtang was stripped of his titles, and Zhang Jingda was immediately ordered to advance and punish him. |
| AD 936 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Jihai of the eleventh month, the emperor (Gaozu) at the Chongyuan Hall of the Northern Capital changed the reign from Changxing seven to Tianfu one and granted a general amnesty. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | Shi Jingtang of Hedong sent Zhao Ying and Sang Weihan to ask for help, and he agreed to send troops. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | He arrived at Taiyuan. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | In the battle of Taiyuan he crushed the Tang army and killed tens of thousands; Zhang Jingda fled to Jin'an Stockade. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | He besieged Jin'an Stockade. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | He invested Shi Jingtang as emperor of the Great Jin. |
| AD 936 | History of Liao (Liaoshi) | Yang Guangyuan and others killed Zhang Jingda and surrendered. |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Shi Jingtang, military governor of Hedong, rebelled. |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Zhang Jingda was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Four Sides of Taiyuan to attack Shi Jingtang. |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Zhang Jingda was defeated by the Khitan at Taiyuan and besieged at Jin'an. |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | The Khitan installed Shi Jingtang as emperor and established the Jin dynasty. |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Yang Guangyuan killed Zhang Jingda and surrendered with his army to the Khitan (in the intercalary eleventh month). |
| AD 936 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Shi Jingtang ascended the throne and named the state Jin. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Jingtang, ordered by Tang to move, plots with his generals and resolves to raise an army. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Jingtang submits to the Khitan, promising to give the lands north of Lulong and Yanmen in exchange for reinforcements. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhang Jingda builds long walls and fortifications and attacks Jinyang. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | The Khitan ruler's cavalry of fifty thousand reaches Jinyang and crushes the Tang army. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Jingtang and the Khitan surround Jin'an Stockade. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | At Liulin the Khitan ruler installs Shi Jingtang as emperor of Great Jin. |
| AD 936 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Jin'an Stockade runs out of food; Yang Guangyuan kills Zhang Jingda and surrenders to the Khitan. |
| AD 947 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Liu Zhiyuan ascended the throne at Taiyuan and used the twelfth year of the Tianfu era. |
| AD 947 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Zhiyuan ascends the throne as emperor at Taiyuan (Later Han). |
| AD 951 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Liu Chong of Han declared himself at Taiyuan and became the Northern Han. |
| AD 951 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Chong ascends the throne as emperor at Jinyang (Northern Han). |
| AD 954 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | On day Wuyin, the puppet Shizhou prefect An Yanjin was beheaded beneath the walls of Taiyuan for resisting the royal army. |
| AD 954 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | Tens of thousands of able-bodied men from Shandong, Huai, Meng, Pu and Shan were conscripted to attack Taiyuan urgently, intending to take it within a day or two. |
| AD 954 | Old History of the Five Dynasties (Jiu Wudai shi), Annals | Heavy rains came at the wrong time, the troops suffered, and the army at Xinkou stalled, so the emperor decided to turn back. |
| AD 954 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | The Zhou army gave up the attack on Taiyuan and withdrew. |
| AD 968 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Li Jixun, Military Governor of Zhaoyi, was ordered to campaign against Northern Han. |
| AD 979 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Emperor Taizong arrived at Taiyuan and stopped at the field headquarters east of the Fen River. |
| AD 979 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The emperor visited Taiyuan city and issued an edict calling on Liu Jiyuan, ruler of Northern Han, to surrender. |
| AD 1125 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Zong Han took Shuozhou and Daizhou and besieged Taiyuan. |
| AD 1125 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Nianhan besieged Taiyuan. |
| AD 1126 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Zong Han took Taiyuan and captured the Jinglüeshi, Zhang Xiaochun. |
| AD 1216 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | The Great Yuan army besieged Taiyuan. |
| AD 1216 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Mongol troops crossed the Daizhou and Pingding passes and attacked Taiyuan Prefecture. |
| AD 1218 | History of Jin (Jinshi), Annals | Mongol troops took Taiyuan Prefecture; Left Military Supervisor Wugulun Desheng died in battle. |
| AD 1218 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Muhuali entered Hedong from the Western Capital and captured Taiyuan, Pingyang, and the prefectures of Xin, Dai, Ze, Lu, Fen, and Huo. |
| AD 1275 | Marco Polo, The Travels (Yule translation) | Ten days after Juju one reaches Taianfu, the capital of the kingdom of Taianfu (Taiyuan). |
| AD 1368 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Xu Da took Taiyuan; Kökö Temür fled to Gansu, and Shanxi was pacified. |
| AD 1542 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Altan invaded Shuozhou, crossed Yanmen Pass and attacked Taiyuan. |
| AD 1644 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Li Zicheng took Taiyuan and captured Prince Jin Zhu Qiugui. |