ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Vietnam </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Vietnam <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xvietnam.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xvietnam.html"> <img src = "../banners/banvietnam.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on December 20th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Vietnam </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> 938 <BR> 940es-960es <BR> 968-980 <BR> 980-1009 <BR> 1010-1225 <BR> 1076 <BR> 1225-1400 <BR> 1284-1287 <BR> 1418-1428 <BR> 1428-1527 <BR> 1471 <BR> Early 16th C. <BR> 1618 <BR> 1620 <BR> 1651 <BR><BR> 1771 <BR> 1777 <BR> 1786 <BR> 1788-1789 <BR><BR> 1802 <BR><BR> 1833 <BR><BR><BR> 1836 <BR> 1841 <BR> 1855 <BR> 1858 <BR> 1859-1863 <BR> 1873-1874 <BR> 1883-1885 <BR><BR> 1887 <BR><BR> 1905 <BR><BR> 1930 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1945 <BR><BR> 1946 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1954 <BR><BR><BR> 1954-1975 <BR> 1975 <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> The term VIETNAM was introduced by Gia Long in 1802. From 1558 to 1786, the <BR> country was divided in two (at times three) states, in Non-Vietnamese sources <BR> referred to as the ingdoms of TONKIN and ANNAM respectively. Vietnamese <BR> sources summarily refer to Tonkin and Annam as DAI VIET, and some of the <BR> Vietnamese sources fail to mention Annam (the Nguyen Dynasty) altogether. <BR> Here, events in Vietnamese history prior to 1802 are only listed, if they relate <BR> to the development of the Vietnamese nation / culture. <BR> For details on the political history prior to 1802, click on the timelines of the <BR> history of <A HREF = "tlannam.html">Annam</A>, <A HREF = "tltonkin.html">Tonkin</A> (including the history of Annam / Dai Viet <BR> until 1558), <A HREF = "tlcochinchina.html">Cochin China</A>, <A HREF = "tlchampa.html">Champa</A>. <BR><BR> Vietnamese independence restored (previously Chinese) <BR> Period of the Twelve Warring States <BR> Annam / Dai Viet : Dinh Dynasty <BR> Annam / Dai Viet : Older Le Dynasty <BR> Annam / Dai Viet : Ly Dynasty <BR> Annamese Confucian academy established at Thang Long (Hanoi) <BR> Annam / Dai Viet : Tran Dynasty <BR> Mongol (Yuan) invasion <BR> Annam under Ming Chinese administration <BR> Annam / Dai Viet : Younger Le Dynasty <BR> Annamese conquest of Champa; Cham emigrated to Saigon area <BR> Annam / Dai Viet split in two - Tonkin, Annam <BR> The first Jesuit missionaries arrived in Vietnam <BR> Annam, by refusing to pay tribute to Tonkin, formally declared independence <BR> Alexandre de Rhodes published Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et <BR> Latinum (DALL; Latin-Portuguese-Annamese dictionary) <BR> Begin of Tay Son Rebellion in Annam <BR> Tay Son established control of Annam <BR> Tay Son ousted Trinh Dynasty from Tonkin <BR> Qing Chinese invasion failed to restore Trinh Dynasty <BR><BR> Gia Long ousted Tay Son, unified Annam and Tonkin into Kingdom of <BR> Vietnam; established capital at Hue; gained recognition of <A HREF = "../china/xchina.html">Qing China</A> <BR> Vietnamese Christians called upon to denounce their faith; those who <BR> refused suffered capital punishment. Begin of persecution of <BR> Christians <BR> All ports except for Tourane closed to foreigners <BR> Death of ruler Minh-Mang (since 1820) <BR> Another edict calling on Vietnamese Christians to denounce their faith <BR> French and Spaish troops took Tourane <BR> The French took Cochin China <BR> French temporary occupation of Red River Delta, Hanoi <BR> Sino-French War; French annexation of Annam, Tonkin <BR><BR> Annam, Tonkin, Cochin China integrated into French Indochina. Click <BR> here for a detailed timeline of the history of French Indochina <BR> Dy Tan Hoi, Vietnam Cong Hien Hoi (Vietnamese political organizations) <BR> established in Japan <BR> Vietnamese Communist Party established in <A HREF = "../china/xhongkong.html">Hong Kong</A> <BR> Matsuoka-Henry Pact; Japanese troops stationed in French Indochina <BR> Japanese surrender; N. Vietnam occupied by Chinese Nationalists, S. <BR> Vietnam by the British <BR> French Colonial administration restored <BR> Battle of Dien Bien Phu; French defeat <BR> French withdrew from Indochina; Vietnam partitioned in Communist North, <BR> Republican South. For detailed history of the period since 1954 see <BR> timelines of South Vietnam, North Vietnam <BR> Vietnam War <BR> Communist forces took Saigon; reunification of Vietnam. For detailed <BR> history of Vietnam since 1975 see timelinwe of (North) Vietnam <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Articles <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_China"><B>Cochin China</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon"><B>Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) </B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cham_people"><B>Cham People</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa"><B>Champa</B></A>, <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam"><B>History of Vietnam</B></A>, from Wikipedia <BR> Pre-Colonial Vietnam, by <A HREF = "http://www.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/PrecolonialVietnam.html"><B>E. Bolt, A. Garrett</B></A> <BR> Saigon, from <A HREF = "http://www.vietscape.com/travel/saigon/"><B>Vietscape</B></A> <BR> Ho Chi Minh City <A HREF = "http://www.asianventure.com/vietnam/sights/saigon/history_museum.html"><B>History Museum</B></A> <BR> Ho Chi Minh City History, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/ho_chi_minh/history.htm"><B> Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> World Statesmen : <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vietnam.html"><B>Vietnam</B></A>, by Ben Cahoon <BR> Historic Population Statistics by Province : <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/vietnamp.htm"><B> Vietnam</B></A>, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht; data for Tonkin at the bottom <BR> Article Cochin-China, from <A HREF = "http://2.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CO/COCHIN_CHINA.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Article Annam, from <A HREF = "http://6.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AN/ANNAM.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Article Tongking, from <A HREF = "http://87.1911encyclopedia.org/T/TO/TONGKING.htm"><B>Tongking</B></A> <BR> Article Alexandre de Rhodes, from <A HREF = "http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13024a.htm"><B>Catholic Encyclopedia</B></A> <BR> Article French Indochina, from <A HREF = "http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07765a.htm"><B>Catholic Encyclopedia</B></A> <BR> Vietnamese Education, from <A HREF = "http://vietcatholic.net/culture/education.htm"><B>Viet Catholic</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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