Region: Southeast Asia · Coordinates: 21.028, 105.854 · 44 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 42 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Ma Yuan advanced along the coast, cutting through mountains to open a road of over a thousand li, and reached the place above Langbo. |
| AD 808 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Zhang Zhou enlarged the Dai La citadel and built 300 mengchong and duan warships. |
| AD 819 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | When the protector Li Xianggu lost the people's support through greed and oppression, Yang Qing killed him. |
| AD 819 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Yang Qing raids Annam, killing Protector-General Li Xianggu, his family, and over a thousand officials. |
| AD 824 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Li Yuanjia moved the city to its present site, claiming there was reverse water at the city gate. |
| AD 860 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Tu Man of Annam, with over thirty thousand Nanzhao troops, suddenly attacks Jiaozhi and takes it. |
| AD 862 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | When Nanzhao invaded again, Wang Guan repeatedly reported the emergency. |
| AD 863 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Nanzhao took the citadel of Fu, and Cai Xi drowned at sea. |
| AD 863 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Nanzhao takes Jiaozhi. |
| AD 866 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Gao Pian besieged the prefectural city for more than ten days, and the Man were reduced to dire straits. |
| AD 866 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The Tang established the Zhenhai Army in Giao Châu and made Gao Pian its jiedushi (military governor). |
| AD 866 | Zizhi Tongjian (Comprehensive Mirror) | Gao Pian besieges Jiaozhi for more than ten days. |
| AD 880 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | As the Fu troops fell into disorder, the military governor Zeng Kun left the city and fled. |
| AD 923 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Southern Han sent Li Kezheng to attack Giao Châu and captured the military governor Cheng Mei. |
| AD 931 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | When Yang Dingyi besieged Li Jin, Southern Han sent relief troops. |
| AD 1014 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Built earthen walls on the four sides of Thăng Long, and renamed Ứng Thiên prefecture as Nam Kinh. |
| AD 1028 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Emperor Lý Thái Tổ died at the Long An hall. |
| AD 1028 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Crown prince Bất Mã ascended the throne in front of the coffin. |
| AD 1257 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The emperor and the crown prince met them at Đông Bộ Đầu with galley ships and inflicted a great defeat. |
| AD 1257 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Uriyangqadai attacked Jiaozhi and entered that country; the ruler of Annam, Tran Nhat Canh (陳日煚), fled to an island at sea. |
| AD 1285 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Shang Shang Guangji and others led militia and reported defeating the enemy at the capital. |
| AD 1285 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | On the sixth day of the sixth month, the two emperors returned to the capital. |
| AD 1287 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | The prince of Zhennan led the armies across the Fuliang River and defeated the defenders below the walls of Jiaozhi. |
| AD 1288 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month the Prince of Zhennan pursued with several commanderies but could not catch them, and led his troops back to Jiaozhi city (Jiaozhi city is present-day Hanoi, Chenglong). |
| AD 1376 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | In the twelfth month the emperor personally campaigned against Champa, leaving the capital with 120,000 troops. |
| AD 1406 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Zhu Neng was made Expedition General against Annam, with Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu as deputies; an edict ordered the execution of Lê Quý Ly and his son and the installation of a descendant of the Chen clan. |
| AD 1406 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Zhang Fu crushed the Annamese army at the Gialam River and took Đông Đô and Tây Đô one after another. |
| AD 1407 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Zhang Fu captured Lê Quý Ly and Le Thuong and presented them at the capital, pacifying Annam (in the sixth month the Jiaozhi Provincial Administration was set up). |
| AD 1426 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Lü Qian approached Đông Quan citadel with 3,000 troops, but Ming troops came out and defeated him. |
| AD 1426 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The emperor attacked Đông Đô citadel day and night; the Ming troops were defeated and lost heart. |
| AD 1427 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | In the first month, advanced to the north bank of the Lo River and faced Đông Quan citadel. |
| AD 1427 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Wang Tong abandoned Jiaozhi and made a pact with Le Loi. |
| AD 1428 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Ascended the throne at Đông Kinh, with the era name Thuận Thiên, the state name Đại Việt, and Đông Kinh as capital. |
| AD 1459 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The Lạng Sơn king Nghi Dân, climbing the east gate citadel by ladder at night, invaded the palace. |
| AD 1516 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | On the 11th, Chen Gao captured the capital, proclaimed himself Tianying, and declared rule at Linzao. |
| AD 1538 | History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals | Qiu Luan and Mao Bowen were sent to attack Mạc Đăng Dung of Annam. |
| AD 1559 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Mạc Phục Nguyên abandoned Thăng Long citadel and moved his residence outside the south gate. |
| AD 1585 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The Mạc repaired the walls in order to re-enter Thăng Long citadel. |
| AD 1595 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | The civil and military officials swore an oath at the left side of the south gate of Thăng Long citadel. |
| AD 1600 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | In the eighth month he marched on Trường An and, by ship, reached the capital, where the Mạc army was crushed. |
| AD 1786 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | In the sixth month the enemy invaded the capital, and Duke Đoan Nam fled to Sơn Tây. |
| AD 1786 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | In the eighth month, Nguyễn Văn Nhạc of Tây Sơn led his troops to the capital. |
| AD 1788 | Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư | Nguyễn Văn Huệ reached Thăng Long and killed the general Wu Wenren. |
| AD 1883 | Draft History of Qing (Qingshigao) | In the sixth month the Vietnamese general Liu Yongfu fought the French at Hà Nội and won. |