Date       Events   2879 B.C.      Legendary founding of the Van Lang Kingdom by the first Hung      Vuong 2879-258 B.C.       Hung Dynasty 257-208 B.C.      Thuc Dynasty 207-111 B.C.      Trieu Dynasty 1800-1400 B.C.      Phung Nguyen culture (Early Bronze Age) 様様850-300 B.C.      Dong Son culture (Late Bronze Age) 210 B.C.      Kingdom of Au Lac established 207 B.C.      Chinese general Chao Tuo (Trieu Da) founds Nan Yueh (Nam      Viet) 111 B.C.      Nan Yueh conquered by Han A.D. 39      Trung sisters lead a rebellion against Chinese rule 43 Trung      sisters' rebellion crushed by Chinese general Ma Yuan, and      Viet people placed under direct Chinese administration for      the first time 542-544      Ly Bi leads uprising against China's Liang Dynasty and      establishes the independent kingdom of Van Xuan 544-602      Early Ly Dynasty 938      Ngo Quyen defeats a Chinese invading force at the first      battle of the Bach Dang River 939-968      Ngo Dynasty 939-44      Ngo Quyen rules independent Nam Viet 968-980      Dinh Dynasty 970-975      Dinh Bo Linh gains Chinese recognition of Nam Viet's      independence by establishing a tributary relationship with      China's Song Dynasty 980-1009      Early Le Dynasty 981      Le Hoan defeats a Chinese invasion 982      Viet armies invade Champa and destroy its capital, Indrapura 1009-1225      Ly Dynasty 1075      Minor officials chosen by examination for the first time 1225-1400      Tran Dynasty 1257-58      Mongols attack Dai Viet and are defeated 1284-85      Second Mongol invasion and defeat. Resistance led by Tran      Hung Dao 1287      Third Mongol invasion repelled 1360-90      Champa wars. Champa ruled by Che Bong Nga 1400-140      Ho Dynasty 1407-27      Chinese invasion and occupation 1428      Le Loi's armies defeat the Chinese 1428-1527      Le Dynasty 1428      Le Loi proclaims himself emperor. The country once again      named Dai Viet. 1471      Champa capital of Vijaya falls, ending the Champa kingdom. 1483      Hong Duc legal code promulgated 1527-92      Mac Dynasty. Mac rulers control Thang Long and the Red River      Delta. 1558-1772      Period of opposition between the Trinh and Nguyen clans 1627      Alexandre de Rhodes, Jesuit missionary, arrives in Hanoi. 1771      Tay Son Rebellion 1778      Most of Nguyen clan annihilated by the Tay Son 1787      French missionary Pigneau de Behaine persuades French court      to assist in restoration of the Nguyen 1788      Last Le emperor flees to China. Nguyen Hue proclaims himself      emperor. 1789      Chinese invasion in support of the Le defeated. 1802      The Nguyen defeat last of Tay Son forces. Nguyen Anh accedes      to throne as Gia Long and establishes his capital at Hue. 1802-1945      Nguyen Dynasty 1820      Death of Gia Long. Succeeded by his highly sinicized son,      Minh Mang. 1847      French vessels bombard Da Nang. September 1858      French forces seize Da Nang. February 1859      French forces capture Saigon. February 1861      The French defeat the Vietnamese army and gain control of      Gia Dinh 
 100and sursurrounding provinces. June 5, 1862      Treaty o様様f Saigon, which ceded three southern provinces--Bien      Hoa, Gia Dinh, and Dinh Tuong--to the French. 1863      Admiral la Grandiere imposes French protectorate on      Cambodia. March 1874      A Franco-Vietnamese treaty confirms French sovereignty over      Cochinchina and opens the Red River to trade. August 1883      Treaty of Protectorate, signed at the Harmond Convention,      establishes French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin. June 1884      Treaty of Hue confirms the Harmond convention agreement. 1885      Can Vuong movement, calling upon the Vietnamese to drive out      the French, established. 1887      Indochinese Union formally established. May 19, 1890      Ho Chi Minh's birth 1897-1902      Paul Doumer is Governor-General. 1904      Phan Boi Chau founds Viet Nam Duy Tan Hoi (Vietnam      Reformation Society). October 1911      Ho Chi Minh departs Vietnam for Europe. 1912      Phan Boi Chau founds Viet Nam Quang Phuc Hoi (Vietnam      Restoration Society), replacing Duy Tan Hoi. 1919      Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh) attempts to meet with President      Woodrow Wilson at the. Versailles Peace Conference to      present a program for Vietnamese rights and sovereignty, but      is turned away. 1920      Ho Chi Minh participates in founding of the French Communist      Party. 1923      Ho Chi Minh's first visit to Moscow June-July 1924      Ho Chi Minh attends Fifth Comintern Congress. 1925      Viet Nam Thanh Nien Cach Menh Dong Chi Hoi (Revolutionary      Youth League) formed in Guangzhou under Ho Chi Minh's      leadership. 1926      Ho Chi Minh forms Thanh Nien Cong San Doan (Communist Youth      League) within the larger Thanh Nien organization. 1927      Nguyen Thai Hoc founds the Vietnam Quoc Dan Dang (VNQDD,      Vietnam Nationalist Party). February 1930      Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP, Viet Nam Cong San Dang)      founded in Hong Kong (name changed to Indochinese Communist      Party, Dong Duong Cong San Dang, in October). September 1939      World War II begins. August 1940      Franco-Japanese treaty, recognizing Japan's pre-eminence in      Indochina in return for nominal recognition of French      sovereignty, signed. February 1941      Ho Chi Minh returns to Vietnam. May 1941      ICP Eighth Plenum at Pac Bo establishes the Viet Minh      (Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi, or League for the      Independence of Vietnam). 1942-43      Ho Chi Minh imprisoned in China. 1944-45      Famine in Tonkin and Annam causes between 1.5 and 2 million      deaths. August 1945      Japan surrenders and the Viet Minh commences the August      Revolution, gaining effective control over much of Vietnam.      September 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam's the      independence in Hanoi. 1946      Ho Chi Minh visits Paris during negotiations with France       hostilities begin following violation of agreements. 1946-54      First Indochina War       (see Glossary--also known as Viet Minh War) 1951 Dang Lao Dong Viet       Nam (Vietnamese Workers Party--VWP) is founded, succeeding the       Indochinese Communist Party. May 7, 1954      French surrender at Dien Bien Phu May 8, 1954      Geneva Conference on Indochina opens. July 21, 1954      Geneva Agreements adopted, Vietnam provisionally divided at      the 17th parallel, and Ngo Dinh Diem appointed South      Vietnam's premier by Emperor Bao Dai. January 1, 1955      Direct United States aid to South Vietnam begins. February 12, 1955      United States advisers begin training South Vietnamese army      troops. October 26, 1955      Republic of Vietnam established with Diem its first      president. December 20, 1960      The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF)      formed in the South under the direction of the Political      Bureau. December 31, 1961      United States military personnel in Vietnam total  about      3,200. February 8, 1962 United States Military Assistant      Command-Vietnam (MACV) formed under the command of General   
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    Paul D. Harkins. November 1-2, 1963      Ngo Dinh Diem overthrown and assassinated. August 7, 1964      United States Congress passes the "Gulf of Tonkin      Resolution," authorizing the president of the United States      to use force in Vietnam to repel attacks on American      installat様様様ions. February 7, 1965      United States begins bombing military targets in North      Vietnam. March 9, 1965      First United States ground combat troops land in Vietnam at      Da Nang. December 31, 1965      United States military personnel in Vietnam total 180,000. January 30-31, 1968      "Tet Offensive," employing coordinated attacks on the      South's major cities by North Vietnamese and National      Liberation Front troops, fails to achieve its military      objectives but erodes American support for the war. January 25, 1969      Four-party peace talks open in Paris. May 14, 1969      United States troop strength in Vietnam peaks at 543,000. June 10, 1969      Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam (PRG)      formed. September 3, 1969      Ho Chi Minh's death April 28, 1970      Joint United States-Army of the Republic of Vietnam force      attacks Vietnamese communist sanctuaries in Cambodia. March 24, 1971      Operation Lam Son 719, a South Vietnamese attack on the Ho      Chi Minh Trail in Laos, ends in defeat. March 30, 1972      People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) troops launch the largest      offensive of the war since 1968. January 27, 1973      Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam      signed in Paris. March 29, 1973      Last United States troops in Vietnam depart. March 9, 1975      PAVN offensive in the South begins. April 30, 1975      Saigon surrenders. July 2, 1976      The National Assembly proclaims official unification of      Vietnam as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. December 14-20, 1976      Fourth National Party Congress. The Vietnamese Workers Party      renamed the Vietnam Communist Party. September 20, 1977      Vietnam admitted to United Nations. June 29, 1978      Vietnam admitted to membership in the Council for Mutual      Economic Assistance (Comecon). July 3, 1978      China announces termination of all economic assistance to      Vietnam. November 3, 1978      Vietnam and the Soviet Union sign a 25-year Treaty of      Friendship and Cooperation." December 21, 1978      PAVN forces initiate invasion of Cambodia. January 7, 1979      The Cambodian government of Pol Pot overthrown when Phnom      Penh, the capital of Cambodia, falls to Vietnamese forces. February 17, 1979      China launches invasion of Vietnam. March 5, 1979      Chinese forces withdrawn from Vietnam March 1982      Fifth National Party Congress December 1986      Sixth National Party Congress 

Data as of December 1987