Northern Xiongnu
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Was a polity that emerged from the partition of the the Xiongnu confederation in Northern Xiongnu and Southern Xiongnu.
Establishment
January 49: The Xiongnu confederation fell apart in the Northern Xiongnu and Southern Xiongnu.
Chronology
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Was a series of military battles fought between the Han Empire and the nomadic Xiongnu confederation.
January 64: China lost control over the Tarim Basin, which was conquered by the Northern Xiongnu in AD 63.
January 64: Xiongnu's occupation of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu.
January 74: The Han campaigns were military expeditions led by the Han dynasty of China against the Xiongnu nomadic empire. The Northern Xiongnu, led by Chanyu, retreated to Dzungaria, a region in Central Asia, after facing defeat in 73 AD.
1.1.Battle of Yiwulu
In 73 AD, Han General Dou Gu and his army departed from Jiuquan and advanced towards the Northern Xiongnu, defeating the Northern Xiongnu and pursuing them as far as Lake Barkol.
January 74: In 73 AD, General Dou Gu and his army departed from Jiuquan and advanced towards the Northern Xiongnu, defeating the Northern Xiongnu and pursuing them as far as Lake Barkol before establishing a garrison at Hami.
1.2.Destruction of the Xiongnu state
In 89 AD, General Dou Xian led a Han expedition against the Northern Xiongnu. The Han victory in the campaign resulted in the destruction of the Xiongnu state.
July 89: In 89 AD, General Dou Xian, a prominent military leader of the Han Dynasty, led an expedition against the Northern Xiongnu in Kumul/Hami (Xinjiang). The successful campaign resulted in the destruction of the Xiongnu state, solidifying Han control in the region.
January 112: The Kingdom of Kucha was an ancient Buddhist kingdom located on the branch of the Silk Road that ran along the northern edge of the Taklamakan Desert in the Tarim Basin.
Disestablishment
January 156: In 89 and 91, two Chinese generals won major victories in the Chi-la Mountains and the Altai. They drove the defeated Chanyu of the northern Xiongnu to the Ili and installed his brother Youzhujian, who was defeated and killed by the Xianbei in 93. Thus began the dominance of the Xianbei in the steppes. Northern Xiongnu rule in Mongolia came to an end around 155; afterwards they are no longer mentioned in the sources.
