Guiyi Circuit
This article is about the specific polity Guiyi Circuit and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
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Was a country that emerged in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Nominally a subdivision of the Tang Dynasty, it was factually independent. It was centered in the modern-day Gansu Province of China. In 931 it was declared a Kingdom.
Establishment
January 849: In 848 Zhang Yichao, a resident of Shazhou, led an uprising and captured Shazhou and Guazhou from the Tibetans.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 850: Expansion of the Tang Dynasty by 849 AD.
January 851: By 850 Guyi ruler Zhang had captured Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Yizhou.
January 852: In 851 Zhang captured Xizhou (Gaochang).
January 862: By 861 the Guiyi Circuit had extended its authority to Guazhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, Yizhou, Lanzhou, Shanzhou, Hezhou, Minzhou, Liangzhou, and Kuozhou.
January 864: Expansion of the Tang Dynasty by 863 AD.
January 867: In 866 Zhang Yichao defeated the Tibetan general bLon Khrom brZhe (Baönhom Barzé) and seized Luntai (Ürümqi) and Tingzhou. .
January 867: Luntai (Ürümqi) and Tingzhou conquered by the Kingdom of Qocho.
January 877: In 876 the Kingdom of Qocho seized Yizhou.
January 895: In 894 the Uyghurs established the Ganzhou Uyghur Kingdom in Gan Prefecture.
January 907: In Liangzhou the Tibetan state of Xiliangfu established itself by 906.
June 907: In 907 the Tang dynasty was ended when Zhu deposed Emperor Ai and took the throne for himself, establishing the Later Liang Dynasty. This inaugurated an era of fragmentation, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
January 911: In 910 Zhang Chengfeng received news of the Tang dynasty's demise and declared himself Emperor Baiyi. The Guiyi Circuit was renamed Kingdom of Jinshan.
January 915: In 914 Cao Yijin usurped the throne and restored the Guiyi Circuit.
Disestablishment
January 932: In 931 Cao Yijin declared Guiyi a kingdom.
Selected Sources
唐疆变迁 (Expansion of the Tang Dynasty over time). Wikipedia. Retrieved on 7 April 2024 on https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%94%90%E7%96%86%E5%8F%98%E8%BF%81.gif
