After the Chenqiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin becomes Emperor Taizu; the Song era sees remarkable economic and technological growth.
Forces of Đại Cồ Việt under Lê Hoàn defeat a Song dynasty invasion, including an engagement on the Bạch Đằng River.
Ngô Quyền defeats the Southern Han fleet on the Bạch Đằng River using hidden stakes, ending a millennium of Chinese rule.
Wang Geon (King Taejo) founds the Goryeo dynasty, from which the name 'Korea' derives.
Court lady Murasaki Shikibu writes The Tale of Genji, often considered one of the world's first novels.
The Tang falls in 907 and China fragments into short-lived northern dynasties and numerous southern kingdoms.
The artisan Bi Sheng creates movable type from fired clay, the earliest known movable-type printing.