Timeline of the Sui dynasty

580s
YearDateEvent
5814 MarchYang Jian (Emperor Wen of Sui) replaces the Northern Zhou with the Sui dynasty[1]
582Emperor Xuan of Chen dies and is succeeded by Chen Shubao[1]
583Emperor Wen of Sui moves into Daxingcheng (Xi'an, Shaanxi) and abolishes the commanderies while promulgating the Kaihuang Code[1]
584Digs the Guangtong Canal[2]
587Annexes Western Liang[1]
588Launches expedition against the Chen dynasty[1]
589Takes Jiankang and annexes the Chen dynasty; so ends the Northern and Southern dynasties[1]

590s
YearDateEvent
590Yang Su crushes rebellions in annexed Chen territory[1]
592Emperor Wen of Sui sends out commissioners to implement the equal-field system throughout the realm[1]
593The Cuanman rebel in Yunnan[3]
The Renshou Palace is built west of the capital[1]
The writing of National Histories by private individuals is banned[1]
594Severe drought hits Guanzhong but Emperor Wen of Sui leads its people to Luoyang for food[1]
595Construction of the Anji Bridge begins[4]
597Tiantai sect founder Zhiyi dies[1]
A campaign is launched against the Cuanman[3]
598Goguryeo–Sui War: First expedition against Goguryeo fails[1]
599Chief minister Gao Jiong deprived of power[1]
Yami Qaghan flees to the Sui dynasty[1]

600s
YearDateEvent
60190,000 Turks submit[1]
602Sui–Former Lý War: Sui forces under Liu Fang annex the Early Lý dynasty[5]
Sui destroys the Cuanman[3]
603Yami Qaghan takes over Tulan Qaghan's lands after he dies[1]
60413 AugustEmperor Wen of Sui dies and is succeeded by Yang Guang (Emperor Yang of Sui)[6]
Yang Liang rebels in Bingzhou but is defeated[6]
605Construction of a new Luoyang and the Tongji Canal begin[6]
The Anji Bridge is completed[4]
Emperor Yang of Sui visits Jiangdu[6]
606Luoyang is completed and Emperor Yang of Sui returns from Jiangdu[6]
607Yami Qaghan visits Emperor Yang of Sui in Luoyang[6]
Gao Jiong is killed[6]
Ono no Imoko visits China[6]
The Sui dynasty sends expeditions to an island known as Liuqiu, which may or may not be Taiwan, but is probably Ryukyu[7]
608The Yongji Canal is dug[6]
Pei Shiqing accompanies Ono no Imoko back to Japan[6]
609Emperor Yang of Sui visits Zhangye[6]

610s
YearDateEvent
610Emperor Yang of Sui visits Jiangdu[6]
Construction of the Jiangnan Canal begins[8]
611Goguryeo–Sui War: Emperor Yang of Sui arrives at Zhuojun to prepare for war with Goguryeo[6]
Wang Bo (王薄) rebels in Changbaishan (Zouping, Shandong)[6]
612Goguryeo–Sui War: The invasion of Goguryeo fails[6]
613Goguryeo–Sui War: Emperor Yang of Sui is forced to withdraw from the second invasion due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion in Liyang[6]
Du Fuwei and Fu Gongshi rebel[9]
614Goguryeo–Sui War: Another invasion fails[6]
615Shibi Khan lays siege to Yanmen[6]
616Emperor Yang of Sui leaves for Jiangdu[6]
617Li Mi and Zhai Rang rebel, seizing Luokou Granary and Huiluo Granary[6]
Li Yuan, regent of Taiyuan, rebels and takes Daxingcheng[6]
61811 AprilEmperor Yang of Sui is killed by strangulation in a coup led by his general Yuwen Huaji in Jiangdu[10]
12 JuneLi Yuan (Tang Gaozu - note that Tang emperor naming convention uses the posthumous Temple Name) deposes Emperor Gong of Sui and founds the Tang dynasty; so ends the Sui dynasty[10]

References
  1. Xiong 2009, p. cvi.
  2. Xiong 2009, p. cv.
  3. Yang 2008a.
  4. Knapp, Ronald G. (2008). Chinese Bridges: Living Architecture From China's Past. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing. pp. 122–127. ISBN 978-0-8048-3884-9.
  5. Taylor 2013.
  6. Xiong 2009, p. cvii.
  7. Knapp 1980, p. 5.
  8. Xiong 2009.
  9. Xiong 2009, p. 132.
  10. Xiong 2009, p. cviii.

Bibliography
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  • Knapp, Ronald G. (1980), China's Island Frontier: Studies in the Historical Geography of Taiwan, The University of Hawaii
  • Taylor, K.W. (2013), A History of the Vietnamese, Cambridge University Press
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 0810860538
  • Yang, Bin (2008a), "Chapter 3: Military Campaigns against Yunnan: A Cross-Regional Analysis", Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE), Columbia University Press
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