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845 CE - 903 CE: Life of the deified scholar and court official Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
877 CE: Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) becomes a professor of Chinese literature.
886 CE - 891 CE: Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is the regional governor of Sanuki, Japan.
893 CE: Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is appointed a court councillor.
899 CE: Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is made Minister of the Right. The Fujiwara leader Tokihira is made Minister of the Left.
901 CE: Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin) is exiled to Dazaifu, Kyushu.
903 CE: Death in exile of Sugawara no Michizane (Tenjin).
947 CE: The Tenmangu Kitano shrine is founded in honour of Sugawara no Michizane, aka Tenjin.
987 CE: Sugawara no Michizane is officially deified and given the title Tenjin.