712

Wadô 5 (和銅五年)

Timeline of 712

• 712/1/28 Kojiki completed.
• 712/9/23 Following the suppression of a local uprising, Dewa province is created by splitting Mutsu province.

Other Events of 712

• Li Longji takes the throne as Emperor Xuanzong in China.

Births and Deaths

• Du Fu, Chinese poet, is born (d. 770).
• Fazang dies (b. 643).

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