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Entangled histories

7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · CHN LEFT · VNM RIGHT

1. 111 BCE

   Han conquest begins Chinese rule

   The Chinese Han dynasty conquers the region, opening more than a thousand years of direct Chinese administration, taxation, and cultural influence.

   Colonisation · from the Vietnam chronicle · Legendary Origins and a Thousand Years of Chinese Rule · REFS 1 — Vietnam

2. 40-43 CE

   Revolt of the Trung sisters

   Trung Trac and Trung Nhi lead a rebellion that briefly drives out the Chinese before being defeated in 43 CE; they become lasting symbols of Vietnamese resistance.

   War & Rupture · from the Vietnam chronicle · Legendary Origins and a Thousand Years of Chinese Rule · REFS 2 — Trung Sisters, Vietnam

3. 938 CE

   Battle of Bach Dang and independence

   Ngo Quyen destroys a Southern Han fleet at the Bach Dang River using hidden iron-tipped stakes, ending Chinese rule; he proclaims himself king in 939.

   Independence · from the Vietnam chronicle · Legendary Origins and a Thousand Years of Chinese Rule · REFS 2 — Ngo Quyen, Vietnam

4. 1407 CE

   Ming China occupies Dai Viet

   The Chinese Ming dynasty conquers Dai Viet and imposes two decades of harsh direct rule, provoking widespread resistance.

   Colonisation · from the Vietnam chronicle · Independent Dynasties: Ly, Tran, and Le · REFS 2 — Le Loi, Vietnam

5. 1771-1789 CE

   Tay Son rebellion

   A peasant-led uprising overthrows the Nguyen and Trinh lords and the Le dynasty, and in 1789 routs an invading Chinese Qing army near Thang Long.

   War & Rupture · from the Vietnam chronicle · The Nguyen Dynasty and Expansion South · REFS 2 — Gia Long, Vietnam

6. 1804 CE

   The name Vietnam adopted

   The unified realm is recognized under the name Vietnam, with its capital at Hue and a centralized administration modeled on Qing China.

   Politics & Power · from the Vietnam chronicle · The Nguyen Dynasty and Expansion South · REFS 2 — Nguyen dynasty, Vietnam

7. 1979 CE

   Sino-Vietnamese War

   China invades northern Vietnam in response to Vietnam's ousting of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia; the brief but bloody border war deepens Vietnam's isolation.

   War & Rupture · from the Vietnam chronicle · Doi Moi Reforms and Modern Vietnam · REFS 1 — Vietnam