Timeline of the Sui dynasty

See also: Timeline of the Northern and Southern dynasties and Timeline of the Tang dynasty

Sui dynasty

This is a timeline of the Sui dynasty.

580s

Year	Date	Event
581	4 March	Yang Jian (Emperor Wen of Sui) replaces the Northern Zhou with the Sui dynasty [1]
582		Emperor Xuan of Chen dies and is succeeded by Chen Shubao [1]
583		Emperor Wen of Sui moves into Daxingcheng (Xi'an, Shaanxi) and abolishes the commanderies while promulgating the Kaihuang Code [1]
584		Digs the Guangtong Canal [2]
587		Annexes Western Liang [1]
588		Launches expedition against the Chen dynasty [1]
589		Takes Jiankang and annexes the Chen dynasty; so ends the Northern and Southern dynasties [1]

590s

Year	Date	Event
590		Yang Su crushes rebellions in annexed Chen territory [1]
592		Emperor Wen of Sui sends out commissioners to implement the equal-field system throughout the realm [1]
593		The Cuanman rebel in Yunnan [3]
		The Renshou Palace is built west of the capital [1]
		The writing of National Histories by private individuals is banned [1]
594		Severe drought hits Guanzhong but Emperor Wen of Sui leads its people to Luoyang for food [1]
595		Construction of the Anji Bridge begins [4]
597		Tiantai sect founder Zhiyi dies [1]
		A campaign is launched against the Cuanman [3]
598		Goguryeo–Sui War : First expedition against Goguryeo fails [1]
599		Chief minister Gao Jiong deprived of power [1]
		Yami Qaghan flees to the Sui dynasty [1]

600s

Year	Date	Event
601		90,000 Turks submit [1]
602		Sui–Former Lý War : Sui forces under Liu Fang annex the Early Lý dynasty [5]
		Sui destroys the Cuanman [3]
603		Yami Qaghan takes over Tulan Qaghan's lands after he dies [1]
604	13 August	Emperor Wen of Sui dies and is succeeded by Yang Guang (Emperor Yang of Sui) [6]
		Yang Liang rebels in Bingzhou but is defeated [6]
605		Sui forces under Liu Fang invade Champa and sack its capital [7]
		Construction of a new Luoyang and the Tongji Canal begin [6]
		The Anji Bridge is completed [4]
		Emperor Yang of Sui visits Jiangdu [6]
606		Luoyang is completed and Emperor Yang of Sui returns from Jiangdu [6]
607		Yami Qaghan visits Emperor Yang of Sui in Luoyang [6]
		Gao Jiong is killed [6]
		Ono no Imoko visits China [6]
		The Sui dynasty sends expeditions to an island known as Liuqiu, which may or may not be Taiwan, but is probably Ryukyu [8]
608		The Yongji Canal is dug [6]
		Pei Shiqing accompanies Ono no Imoko back to Japan [6]
609		Emperor Yang of Sui visits Zhangye [6]

610s

Year	Date	Event
610		Emperor Yang of Sui visits Jiangdu [6]
		Construction of the Jiangnan Canal begins [6]
611		Goguryeo–Sui War : Emperor Yang of Sui arrives at Zhuojun to prepare for war with Goguryeo [6]
		Wang Bo (王薄) rebels in Changbaishan (Zouping, Shandong) [6]
612		Goguryeo–Sui War : The invasion of Goguryeo fails [6]
613		Goguryeo–Sui War : Emperor Yang of Sui is forced to withdraw from the second invasion due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion in Liyang [6]
		Du Fuwei and Fu Gongshi rebel [9]
614		Goguryeo–Sui War : Another invasion fails [6]
615		Shibi Khan lays siege to Yanmen [6]
616		Emperor Yang of Sui leaves for Jiangdu [6]
617		Li Mi and Zhai Rang rebel, seizing Luokou Granary and Huiluo Granary [6]
		Li Yuan, regent of Taiyuan, rebels and takes Daxingcheng [6]
618	11 April	Emperor Yang of Sui is killed by strangulation in a coup led by his general Yuwen Huaji in Jiangdu [10]
	12 June	Li Yuan (Tang Gaozu - note that Tang emperor naming convention uses the posthumous Temple Name) deposes Emperor Gong of Sui and founds the Tang dynasty; so ends the Sui dynasty [10]

References

1. Xiong 2009, p. cvi.
2. Xiong 2009, p. cv.
3. Yang 2008a.
4. Knapp, Ronald G. (2008). Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture From China's Past. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. pp. 122–127. ISBN   978-0-8048-3884-9.
5. Taylor 2013.
6. Xiong 2009, p. cvii.
7. Graff 2002, p. 145.
8. Knapp 1980, p. 5.
9. Xiong 2009, p. 132.
10. Xiong 2009, p. cviii.

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