Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 9th century ==
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| 801 || || [[Du You]] completed the ''[[Tongdian]]''.
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 805 || 25 February || [[Emperor Dezong of Tang|Dezong]] died.
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| 28 February || [[Emperor Dezong of Tang|Dezong's]] son [[Emperor Shunzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| 31 August || [[Emperor Shunzong of Tang|Shunzong]] abdicated in favor of his son [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang]].
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| 806 || || [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Xianzong]] launched the first of a series of military campaigns against the provinces.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 820 || 14 February || [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Xianzong]] died, possibly after being poisoned by one of his eunuch officers.
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| 20 February || [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Xianzong's]] son [[Emperor Muzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 824 || 25 February || [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Muzong]] died.
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| 29 February || [[Emperor Muzong of Tang|Muzong's]] young son [[Emperor Jingzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| || [[Han Yu]] died.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 827 || 9 January || [[Emperor Jingzong of Tang|Jingzong]] was assassinated.
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| 13 January || [[Emperor Jingzong of Tang|Jingzong's]] brother [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| 831 || || An [[Uyghurs|Uyghur]] sued the son of a [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] [[general officer|general]] for failure to repay a debt.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 840 || 10 February || [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang|Wenzong]] died.
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| 20 February || [[Emperor Wenzong of Tang|Wenzong's]] brother [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| 843 || || A large fire consumed four thousand buildings in an eastern neighborhood of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] capital [[Chang'an]].
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| 845 || || ''[[Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution]]'': [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang|Wuzong]] abolished [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monasteries as well as establishments of [[Zoroastrianism]] and Christianity, which were thought to be Buddhist [[heresy|heresies]].
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 846 || 22 April || [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang|Wuzong]] died.
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| 25 April || [[Emperor Wuzong of Tang|Wuzong's]] uncle, [[Emperor Xianzong of Tang|Xianzong's]] son [[Emperor Xuānzong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| || [[Bai Juyi]] died.
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| 851 || || The [[Arabs|Arab]] merchant [[Sulaiman al-Tajir]] visited [[Guangzhou]].
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| 852 || || [[Du Mu]] died.
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| 853 || || [[Duan Chengshi]] published the ''[[Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang]]''.
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| 858 || || A flood along the [[Grand Canal (China)|Grand Canal]] and on the [[North China Plain]] killed tens of thousands.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 859 || 7 September || [[Emperor Xuānzong of Tang|Xuānzong]] died.
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| 13 September || [[Emperor Xuānzong of Tang|Xuānzong's]] son [[Emperor Yizong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| 863 || || [[Duan Chengshi]] published a work describing the slave trade, ivory trade and ambergris trade in Bobali, probably modern [[Berbera]].
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| 868 || 11 May || The ''[[Diamond Sutra]]'' was printed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 873 || 15 August || [[Emperor Yizong of Tang|Yizong]] died.
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| 16 August || [[Emperor Yizong of Tang|Yizong's]] son [[Emperor Xizong of Tang]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Tang dynasty]].
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| 874 || || [[Wang Xianzhi (rebel)|Wang Xianzhi]] launched a rebellion against the [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] government.
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| 879 || || ''[[Guangzhou massacre]]'': The rebel [[Huang Chao]] burned and looted [[Guangzhou]] and killed as many as two hundred thousand foreigners, mainly Arabs and Persians.
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| 884 || 13 July || [[Huang Chao|Huang]] was murdered with his immediate family while in flight from [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] forces.
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| 888 || 20 April || [[Emperor Xizong of Tang|Xizong]] died.  He was succeeded by his brother [[Emperor Zhaozong of Tang]].
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