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The Timeline of the Political
History of Vietnam
Timeline
258 BCE: The end of the Hung Dynasty
257-208 BCE: The Thuc Dynasty
207-111 BCE: The Trieu Dynasty
111 BCE: The Han Chinese Empire conquest of Vietnam'
39 CE: The three Trung sisters lead a revolt against Chinese occupation
544-602: The early Ly Dynasty
939-968: The Ngo Dynasty
969-980: The Dinh Dynasty
980-1009: The early Le Dynasty
1009-1225: The Ly Dynasty
1010: Citadel built, founding Hanoi
1225-1400: The Tran Dynasty
1400-1407: The Ho Dynasty
1407-1427: Chinese occupation
1427: Chinese occupation defeated by Le Loi
1428-1527: The Le Dynasty
1470-1471: The defeat of th e Champa kingdom
1527-1592; The Mac Dynasty
1558: The beginning of the conflict between the Nguyen and Trinh clans
1627: Alexander de Rhodes, a Jesuit missionary arrives in Hanoi
1771: The Tay Son rebellion
1772: End of the conflict between the Nguyen and Trinh clans
1802: Nguyen Anh becomes emperor assuming the name Gia Long and thus establishing the Nguyen Dynasty
1802: Hue is declared the new capital
1847: French bombard Da Nang from ships
1859: French troops capture Saigon
1873: French force tries to capture Hanoi
1874: Signing of the Philastre Agreement between France and a Vietnamese Kingdom
which permitted French traders to operate in the Red River Valley and the Tonkin Coast.
1882: A French force reoccupies the Hanoi Citadel
1883: Harmond Convention treaty makes Tonkin a French protectorate
1884: Treaty of Hue confirms Tonkin as a French protectorate
1887: Indochinese Union created by the French with Hanoi as its capital
1897-1902: Period of rule of Paul Doumer as the Governor-General of the Indochinese Union
1930: The founding of the Indochinese Communist Party by Nguyen Ai Quoc, later known as Ho Chi Minh
1940: The surrender of France to Germany and the establishment of a puppet government to rule
France and its empire
1940: A treaty between Japan and France signed
1941: The Viet Minh army for the Communist Party founded by Ho Chi Minh
1945: The end of World War II
1946: Beginning of the revolution against France in Indochina
1954: The founding of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
1964: The Tonkin Gulf incident leads to U.S. intervention in Vietnam
1973: The Paris Agreement concerning Vietnam
1974: The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army
1976: The annexation of South Vietnam by North Vietnam
1978: China invade northern border area of Vietnam
1979 China withdraws from the invaded border area
1986: At its Sixth Congress the Communist Party of Vietnam
declares its economic system has not worked and it announces
a system involving markets called Doi Moi, a restructuring
1990: The Soviet Union withdraws from Vietnam
1994: The trade and investment embargo of Vietnam by the
U.S. and its allies ends