Region: China · Coordinates: 34.757, 114.430 · 36 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 776 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Li Lingyao rebelled, based on Bianzhou. |
| AD 776 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | General Du Rujiang of Huazhou captured Li Lingyao alive and handed him over. |
| AD 776 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | In October 776, Li Zhongchen and Ma Sui advance on Lingyao; on the day renyin they join Chen Shaoyou's full army and fight Lingyao hard west of Bianzhou; Lingyao is defeated, enters the city, and holds it firmly. |
| AD 783 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Li Xilie took the two prefectures of Bianzhou and Zheng. |
| AD 783 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Xilie takes Daliang (Bianzhou). |
| AD 784 | New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals | Liu Qia recovered Bianzhou. |
| AD 784 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Liu Qia recovers Bianzhou. |
| AD 799 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Troops of Bianzhou rebelled, killing Lu Zhangyuan and the judges Meng Shudu and Qiu Ying. |
| AD 883 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Zhu Quanzhong arrives at his post in Bianzhou with several hundred men. |
| AD 884 | Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals | Zhu Quanzhong got Li Keyong drunk at Shangyuan Post in Bianzhou, then surrounded him and set fire; Keyong barely escaped by climbing over the wall. |
| AD 884 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Li Keyong was staying at Bianzhou when Zhu Quanzhong set fire to the Shangyuan Post Station after a banquet and attacked; Keyong escaped the city in the rain. |
| AD 887 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Qin Zongquan besieged Bianzhou with thirty-six camps; Zhu Jin and Zhu Xuan of Yanzhou and Yunzhou came to relieve it, attacked from both sides, and crushed Qin's army, beheading over 20,000. |
| AD 907 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Zhu Quanzhong ascended the throne and named the state Liang; he elevated Bianzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture as the Eastern Capital (the Tang abdicated). |
| AD 913 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Mo (Zhu Youzhen) was enthroned at the Eastern Capital, Bianzhou, and reused the third year of the Qianhua era. |
| AD 923 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Mo died and the Liang dynasty fell; Caozhou also fell. |
| AD 923 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Tang destroyed Liang. |
| AD 924 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Li Siyuan leads thirty-seven thousand palace guards to Bianzhou, and sends them on to Youzhou to block the Khitan. |
| AD 926 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Li Siyuan entered Bianzhou as a rebel, while Zhuangzong returned from Wansheng. |
| AD 937 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Shi Jingtang arrives at Bianzhou and holds a great pardon. |
| AD 938 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Bianzhou was raised to the Eastern Capital and Luoyang to the Western Capital. |
| AD 938 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | A Eastern Capital is set up at Bianzhou, restored as Kaifeng Prefecture, and Luoyang becomes the Western Capital. |
| AD 942 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Feng Dao and Jing Yanguang set up Prince Qi Shi Chongrui as heir and have him enthroned. |
| AD 946 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Zhang Yanze invaded the capital and killed Sang Weihan, Yin of Kaifeng. |
| AD 946 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | The Khitan destroyed Jin. |
| AD 947 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | The Khitan withdrew, leaving Xiao Han as military governor of the Xuanwu Army at Bianzhou. |
| AD 947 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Gaozu came from Taiyuan and arrived at Bianzhou. |
| AD 947 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | He renamed the state Han. |
| AD 948 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Gaozu died at the Wansui Hall. |
| AD 950 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Yin killed Yang Bin, Shi Hongzhao, and Wang Zhang, along with their clans. |
| AD 950 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Yin died, Su Fengji committed suicide, and the Han dynasty fell. |
| AD 951 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Guo Wei ascended the throne and named the state Zhou. |
| AD 954 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Taizu died at the Zide Hall. |
| AD 954 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Shizong ascended the throne before the coffin. |
| AD 959 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Shizong died at the Zide Hall at age thirty-nine. |
| AD 959 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Gong (Zongxun) ascended the throne before the coffin. |
| AD 960 | New History of the Five Dynasties (Xin Wudai shi), Annals | Emperor Gong yielded the throne, and the Song dynasty rose. |