Editing Timeline of Chinese history (section)

== 11th century ==
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| 1005 || || [[Song dynasty|Song]] signed the [[Chanyuan Treaty]], under which it agreed to pay [[Liao dynasty|Liao]] an annual tribute in silk and silver.
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| 1008 || || The ''[[Guangyun]]'' was completed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1010 || || ''[[Second conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War]]'': [[Liao dynasty|Liao]] captured the [[Goryeo]] general [[Kang Cho]] and burned the capital [[Kaesong]].
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| || An atlas of China was completed.
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| 1013 || || ''[[Cefu Yuangui]]'' was completed.
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| 1018 || || ''[[Third conflict in the Goryeo–Khitan War]]'': [[Liao dynasty|Liao]] invaded [[Goryeo]].
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| 1019 || 10 March || ''[[Battle of Kuju]]'': [[Goryeo]] forces decisively defeated a retreating [[Liao dynasty|Liao]] army at Kuju, near modern [[Kusong]].
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1022 || 23 March || [[Emperor Zhenzong|Zhenzong]] died.
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| 24 March || [[Emperor Zhenzong|Zhenzong's]] son [[Emperor Renzong of Song]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Song dynasty]].
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| 1031 || 25 June || [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Shengzong]] died.  He was succeeded by his son [[Emperor Xingzong of Liao]].
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| 1037 || || The ''[[Jiyun]]'' was published.
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| 1038 || 10 November || The [[Tangut people|Tangut]] chieftain [[Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia]] declared himself [[emperor of China|emperor]] of [[Western Xia]].
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| 1041 || || [[Bi Sheng]] invented movable type.
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| 1043 || || [[Ouyang Xiu]] and the vice chancellor [[Fan Zhongyan]] drafted the [[Qingli Reforms]] in [[Song dynasty|Song]].
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| 1044 || || The ''[[Wujing Zongyao]]'' was completed.
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| 1045 || || The [[Lingxiao Pagoda]] was completed.
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| 1048 || 19 January || [[Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia|Jingzong]] died.  He was succeeded by his infant son [[Emperor Yizong of Western Xia]].
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| 1049 || || The [[Iron Pagoda]] was completed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1055 || || The [[Liaodi Pagoda]] was completed.
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| 28 August || [[Emperor Xingzong of Liao|Xingzong]] died.  He was succeeded by his son [[Emperor Daozong of Liao]].
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| 1056 || || The [[Pagoda of Fogong Temple]] was completed.
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| 1060 || || [[Ouyang Xiu]] completed the ''[[New Book of Tang]]''.
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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1063 || 30 April || [[Emperor Renzong of Song|Renzong]] died.
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| 1 May || [[Emperor Yingzong of Song]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of the [[Song dynasty]].
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| || The [[Pizhi Pagoda]] was completed.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1067 || || [[Emperor Yizong of Western Xia|Yizong]] died.  He was succeeded by his young son [[Emperor Huizong of Western Xia]].
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| 25 January || [[Emperor Yingzong of Song|Yingzong]] died.  He was succeeded by his son [[Emperor Shenzong of Song]].
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| 1068 || || The dry dock was first used in China.
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| 1069 || || The [[Song dynasty|Song]] [[Chancellor (China)|chancellor]] [[Wang Anshi]] ordered an extensive government reform including the introduction of the [[baojia system]] of community-based law enforcement.
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| 1070 || || The [[Song dynasty|Song]] ambassador [[Su Song]] published the ''Bencao Tujing''.
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| 1072 || || [[Guo Xi]] painted ''Early Spring''.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1075 || || The [[Song dynasty|Song]] diplomat [[Shen Kuo]] used court archives to reject [[Emperor Daozong of Liao|Daozong's]] territorial claims.
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| || A proto-Bessemer process was first observed in Cizhou.
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| 1076 || || [[Wang Anshi|Wang]] resigned.
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| 1077 || || [[Su Song|Su]] was sent on a mission to [[Liao dynasty|Liao]].
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| 1080 || || [[Shen Kuo|Shen]] was appointed to defend [[Yan'an]].
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1081 || || A [[Song dynasty|Song]] army was dealt some sixty thousand casualties defending [[Yan'an]] against an attempted invasion of Song by [[Western Xia]] forces.
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| || [[Su Song|Su]] published a 200-volume work on [[Song dynasty|Song]]-[[Liao dynasty|Liao]] relations.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1084 || || [[Sima Guang]] completed the ''[[Zizhi Tongjian]]''.
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| || [[Li Qingzhao]] was born.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1085 || 1 April || [[Emperor Shenzong of Song|Shenzong]] died.  He was succeeded by his young son [[Emperor Zhezong]], with his widow [[Empress Xiang]] acting as regent.
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| || [[Empress Xiang|Xiang]] ousted the court faction affiliated with [[Wang Anshi|Wang's]] reforms at [[Sima Guang|Sima's]] urging.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1086 || || [[Emperor Huizong of Western Xia|Huizong]] died.
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| || [[Emperor Huizong of Western Xia|Huizong's]] son [[Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia]] became [[emperor of China|emperor]] of [[Western Xia]].
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| 1088 || || [[Shen Kuo|Shen]] published the ''[[Dream Pool Essays]]''.
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| 1090 || || The earliest known description of the mechanical belt appeared.
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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1094 || || [[Su Song|Su]] completed a clock tower in [[Kaifeng]].
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| || The [[Dongpo Academy]] was established on [[Hainan]].
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| 1100 || 23 February || [[Emperor Zhezong|Zhezong]] died.  He was succeeded by his younger brother [[Emperor Huizong of Song]].
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