6 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (3)
The Ashina Nishufu of the Turkic Ashide Wenfu and Fengzhi tribes in the Chanyu Protectorate rebelled and set up Ashina Nishufu as khagan. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷5 調露1年 10月)
In October 679, the Turkic tribes Ashide Wenfu and Fengzhi of the Chanyu Protectorate rebel together and set up Ashina Nishufu as khan; chiefs of twenty-four prefectures respond, and their numbers reach several hundred thousand. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권202 679년 항)
In winter 679, Siye and others, who had won battle after battle, kept no guard; when heavy snow falls, the Turks raid the camp at night; Siye strikes camp in haste and flees, the army falls into great disorder, and the dead cannot be counted. (Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) 권202 679년 항)