This article is about the specific polity Sui Dynasty 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.
If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics
Was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty.
Establishment
January 582: In 581 Yang Jian seized the throne from Emperor Jing, establishing the Sui Dynasty.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
Were a series of invasions launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
1.1.First Goguryeo-Sui War
First invasion launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
January 599: Sui emperor Yangdi attacked the Korean borders in 598.
February 599: The Koreans successfully managed to repel the forces of Sui.
March 599: Liao River area annexed to the Sui Dynasty.
1.2.Second Goguryeo-Sui War
Second invasion launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
January 613: Yeongyang abandoned the buffer zone it had acquired after the 598 war, as that zone was unsuitable for facing a large army. The troops retreated behind Goguryeo to what is now known as the Liao River.
January 613: The Sui navy reached Daedong River Bay before the army. Seeing that the hostile army still did not show up, Lai Huni decided to send a contingent of soldiers to the capital. When the soldiers arrived in Pyongyang, they found it deserted and began to loot it.
January 613: When the general of the Sui Dynasty arrived in Pyongyang, the Koreans set up an ambush.
1.3.Third Goguryeo-Sui War
Third invasion launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
January 614: In 613, Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty attempted a second invasion of the Goguryeo border region but was once again defeated and forced to retreat without achieving his objectives. This marked a victory for the Goguryeo Kingdom and its ruler, King Yeongyang.
February 614: In 613, Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty attempted a second invasion of the Goguryeo border region but was once again defeated and forced to retreat without achieving his objectives. This marked a victory for the Goguryeo Kingdom and its ruler, King Yeongyang.
1.4.Fourth Sui Invasion of Goguryeo
Fourth invasion launched by the Sui dynasty of China against Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
January 615: Sui emperor Yangdi attacked the Korean borders again in 614, this time managing to neutralize the first line of defenses.
February 615: Sui forces had to halt their advance in Korea due to constant ambushes and disruption of supplies.
Was a military conflict between the Chinese Sui dynasty and the Vietnamese Former Lý dynasty in 602, that resulted in the Chinese occupation of the latter.
January 603: In 602, General Liu Fang led his army in the invasion of Vạn Xuân. Surrender of Lý Phật Tử to Sui.
Was an invasion launched by the Chinese Sui dynasty against the Cham kingdom of Lâm Ấp in 605.
January 606: The Sui-Lâm Ấp war was an invasion launched by the Chinese Sui dynasty against the Cham kingdom of Lâm Ấp in 605.
A unity war against the armed separatist regimes established in various parts of the Central Plains in the late Sui Dynasty after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty.
June 618: In winter 617, Li Yuan occupied Chang'an, relegated Emperor Yang to the position of Taishang Huang or retired emperor, and acted as regent to the puppet child-emperor, Yang You. On the news of Emperor Yang's murder by General Yuwen Huaji on June 18, 618, Li Yuan declared himself the emperor of a new dynasty, the Tang.
January 588: Sui finally annexed Western Liang.
February 589: The Sui absorbed the Chen dynasty in 589.
January 611: Troops of the Sui Dynasty occupied Yiwu (Aratürük).
Disestablishment
June 618: In winter 617, Li Yuan occupied Chang'an, relegated Emperor Yang to the position of Taishang Huang or retired emperor, and acted as regent to the puppet child-emperor, Yang You. On the news of Emperor Yang's murder by General Yuwen Huaji on June 18, 618, Li Yuan declared himself the emperor of a new dynasty, the Tang.
Sui Dynasty
