Timeline of Vietnam under Chinese rule

This is a timeline of Vietnamese history until the end of the Chinese era.

3rd century BC

YearDateEvent
257 BCThục Phán of the Âu Việt invades Văn Lang and creates Âu Lạc[1]
207 BCQin general Zhao Tuo captures the Cổ Loa Citadel and defeats Âu Lạc, creating the two administrative regions of Jiaozhi (Giao Chỉ) and Jiuzhen (Cửu Chân)[1]
203 BCZhao Tuo declares himself king of Nanyue (Nam Việt)[1]
Nanyue conquers Guilin

2nd century BC

YearDateEvent
198 BCTwo legates are assigned to oversee affairs in Jiaozhi and Jiuzhen[2]
181 BCNanyue attacks Changsha[3]
179 BCZhao Tuo dies and is succeeded by Zhao Mo
122 BCZhao Mo dies and is succeeded by Zhao Xing
111 BCHan conquest of Nanyue: Han general Lu Bode conquers Nanyue and separates it into Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Cangwu, Nanhai, Yulin, Hepu, Dan'er, and Zhuya[4]

1st century BC

YearDateEvent
48 BCRinan is created (Nhật Nam)

1st century

YearDateEvent
2Census records for Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, and Rinan record 143,643 households and a population of 981,755[5]
40Trung sisters' rebellion: Yue tribes rebel in Jiaozhi[6]
42Trung sisters' rebellion: Ma Yuan leads an expedition to Jiaozhi[7]
43Trung sisters' rebellion: The Trưng Sisters are decapitated[6]

2nd century

YearDateEvent
100A rebellion in Jiaozhi is put down[8]
136People known as the Qulian from beyond the southern frontier attack Rinan Commandery, causing turmoil and confusion[9]
137Rinan rebels[8]
144Rinan rebels[8]
157Chu Đạt rebels in Jiuzhen Commandery and is defeated[10]
160Shi Ci becomes administrator of Rinan[8]
190Shi Ci's son Shi Xie appoints his brothers Shi Yi, Shi Wei, and Shi Wu as administrators of Hepu, Jiuzhen, and Nanhai[11]
192The southernmost district of Rinan Commandery, Xianglin, breaks away and becomes the Kingdom of Lâm Ấp, otherwise known as Champa[12]

3rd century

YearDateEvent
211Shi Xie submits to Sun Quan's overlordship[11]
217Shi Xie sends his son Shi Xin to Sun Quan as hostage[11]
226Shi Xie dies and Sun Quan's general Lü Dai kills his family[11]; Shi Xie, also called Sĩ Nhiếp in Vietnamese, is remembered today in Vietnam as the father of education and Buddhism - according to Stephen O'Harrow, he was essentially "the first Vietnamese"[13]
248Lâm Ấp (probably Champa) seizes Rinan while Lady Triệu rebels unsuccessfully against Sun Wu[13]

4th century

YearDateEvent
347Lâm Ấp invades Jiaozhi but is repulsed by the Jin dynasty (265–420)[14]
359Lâm Ấp is defeated[14]
377Li Xun seizes Jiuzhen[14]
380Teng Dunzhi becomes governor of Jiaozhi after Du Yuan kills Li Xun[14]
399Du Yuan becomes governor of Jiaozhi and defeats a Lâm Ấp invasion[14]

5th century

YearDateEvent
405Lâm Ấp attacks Jiaozhi[15]
410Du Yuan dies and is succeeded by Du Huidu[14]
411A rebel army under Lu Xun attempts to seize control over Jiaozhi but fails[16]
413Lâm Ấp attacks Jiaozhi[15]
415Lâm Ấp attacks Jiaozhi[15]
423Du Huidu dies and is succeeded by Du Hongwen[14]
424Lâm Ấp attacks Jiaozhi[15]
427Du Hongwen leaves Jiaozhi for the court after receiving an appointment[14]
443Tan Hezhi, governor of Jiaozhi, starts recruiting an army[17]
446Tan Hezhi invades Lâm Ấp and pushes them back to the area around modern Da Nang[17]

6th century

YearDateEvent
541Lý Bôn rebels and attacks Liang officials[18]
544FebruaryLý Bôn establishes the Early Lý dynasty and becomes Lý Nam Đế (Southern Emperor)[19]
545Chen Baxian drives Lý Nam Đế into the mountains, where he is eventually killed, but resistance continues under Lý Thiên Bảo[19]
550Triệu Việt Vương expels Liang forces from Vạn Xuân
555Lý Thiên Bảo dies and is succeeded by Hậu Lý Nam Đế
571Hậu Lý Nam Đế defeats Triệu Việt Vương

7th century

YearDateEvent
602Sui–Former Lý War: Sui forces under Liu Fang annex the Early Lý dynasty[20]
679Jiaozhi is renamed Annan (An Nam)[21]
687Lý Tự Tiên and Đinh Kiến revolt at Đại La in response to a raise in harvest tax[22]

8th century

YearDateEvent
722Mai Thúc Loan rebels in Annan and is defeated[23]
767Sea people invade Annan and are defeated[23]
785Phùng Hưng rebels in Annan[24]
791Tang regains control of Annan[24]

9th century

YearDateEvent
803Champa seizes southern Annan[25]
846Nanzhao raids Annan[25]
858Rebellion breaks out in Annan and is put down[26]
861Nanzhao attacks Bo Prefecture and Annan but is repulsed.[27]
863Nanzhao conquers Annan[28]
866Gao Pian retakes Annan from Nanzhao[28]
880Zeng Gun withdraws Tang troops from the south and relinquishes control over Annan[29]

10th century

YearDateEvent
907The Khúc clan takes control of Annan and establishes tributary relations with Later Liang[29]
930Southern Han invades Annan and removes the Khúc clan from power[30]
931Dương Đình Nghệ expels Southern Han from Đại La and declares himself governor[30]
937Kiều Công Tiễn kills Dương Đình Nghệ and calls Southern Han into a war against his enemies in the southern provinces, however Đình Nghệ's son-in-law Ngô Quyền murders Công Tiễn[31]
938Battle of Bạch Đằng: Ngô Quyền defeats the Southern Han fleet[31]
939Ngô Quyền declares his own Ngô dynasty at Cổ Loa Citadel[31]

Citations

  1. Taylor 2013, p. 14-16.
  2. Taylor 2013, p. 17.
  3. Twitchett 2008, p. 136.
  4. Twitchett 2008, p. 453.
  5. Taylor 2013, p. 18.
  6. Twitchett 2008, p. 271.
  7. Taylor 2013, p. 22.
  8. Taylor 2013, p. 27.
  9. Taylor 1983, p. 48.
  10. Taylor 1983, p. 50.
  11. Crespigny 2007, p. 739.
  12. Taylor 1983, p. 47.
  13. Taylor 2013, p. 29.
  14. Taylor 2013, p. 31.
  15. Taylor 2013, p. 32.
  16. Taylor 2013, p. 23.
  17. Taylor 2013, p. 33.
  18. Taylor 2013, p. 34.
  19. Taylor 2013, p. 35.
  20. Taylor 2013.
  21. Xiong 2009, p. 44.
  22. Taylor 2013, p. 38.
  23. Taylor 2013, p. 39.
  24. Taylor 2013, p. 40.
  25. Taylor 2013, p. 41.
  26. Taylor 2013, p. 42.
  27. Herman 2007, p. 36.
  28. Xiong 2009, p. cxiv.
  29. Taylor 2013, p. 44.
  30. Taylor 2013, p. 45.
  31. Taylor 2013, p. 46.

Bibliography

  • Crespigny, Rafe (2007), A Biographical Dictionary of Later Han to the Three Kingdoms (23-220 AD), Brill
  • Taylor, Jay (1983), The Birth of the Vietnamese, University of California Press
  • Taylor, K.W. (2013), A History of the Vietnamese, Cambridge University Press
  • Twitchett, Denis (2008), The Cambridge History of China 1, Cambridge University Press
  • Xiong, Victor Cunrui (2009), Historical Dictionary of Medieval China, United States of America: Scarecrow Press, Inc., ISBN 978-0810860537
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