21 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
China (18)
Prince Guangping Li Shu crushed An Shouzhong and others northwest of Xiangji Temple, laying the groundwork for retaking Chang'an. (Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Annals 舊唐書 卷10 至德2年 9月)
Yin Ziqi, a general of An Qingxu, invaded Suiyang; Zhang Xun repulsed him, and the siege of Suiyang began. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷006 肅宗·代宗 至德2年1月)
Li Chu, Prince of Guangping (later Emperor Daizong), recovered the Western Capital, Chang'an, with the victory at Xiangji Temple. (New Book of Tang (Xin Tangshu), Annals 新唐書 卷006 肅宗·代宗 至德2年9月)
Fujiwara no Nagate and others again interrogate the suspects, who testify that they plotted three times, including at the house of Naramaro. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第20 「庚戌。詔。更遣中納言」)
The Dazaifu sakimori (frontier guards) are to be supplied not by troops of the peninsula provinces but by 1,000 soldiers from the seven Saikaidō provinces. (Shoku Nihongi (Continued Chronicles of Japan) 續日本紀 卷第20 「壬申。勅曰。大宰府防」)
Western Europe (1)
Gifts sent by the Byzantine emperor Constantine, including an organ, arrive at Compiègne. At the general assembly, Tassilo, Duke of Bavaria, swears vassalage and an oath of loyalty (Royal Frankish Annals ARF(Einhard판) a.757, Kurze 1895 p.15)
Changes of power ◆
Places where the world territory data shows a change of borders in this year.
◆ Umayyad state of Córdoba appears
◆ Kharijites appears
◆ Chalukya dynasty ends
◆ Fihrids ends
◆ Turk ends
◆ Umayyad Caliphate ends
◆ Tibetan Empire takes 919,600 km² of former Tang dynasty land
◆ Uyghur Khaganate takes 512,300 km² of former Tang dynasty land