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99,999 BCE
Evidence of Homo Erectus species
There is evidence showing the Homo Erectus is in what is now Vietnam -
2879 BCE
The Hồng Bàng dynasty begins
The first Vietnamese state in history is established -
1000 BCE
Đông Sơn Culture thrives
Wet-rice is helping the Đông Sơn culture (located in Ma River and Red River) thrive -
257 BCE
The last Hùng king is defeated
Being defeated by Thục Phán who consulted 2 different tribes to form the Âu Lạc and declared himself An Dương Vương. -
179 BCE
Defeat of An Dương Vương
Chinese general Zhao Tuo defeated him and made Âu Lạc apart of Nanyue -
111 BCE
Nanyue become part of the Han Dynasty
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544
Vietnamese independence in 544
the Vietnamese gained independence as Vạn Xuân under the Anterior Lý Dynasty -
938
Full Vietnamese independence
Vietnamese lord Ngô Quyền defeated the Chinese at Bạch Đằng River -
Period: 1406 to 1407
The Ming-Hồ War
After this war the Chinese briefly interrupted Vietnamese independence -
1533
Portuguese land in Vietnamese Delta
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The dutch fail to keep contact with Quinan
This was due to multiple violent fights with the locals -
The English fail to keep contact with Hội An
This was after a violent incident regarding the East India Company -
Period: to
The French traded with Vietnamese
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VOC manages to keep relations with Tonkin
This was after they left Deijima. They did this to get silk. -
The first French missionaries arrive in Vietnam
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PFMS enters Cochinchina for the first time
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PFMS enters Tonkin the first time
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The English managed to establish relations with Tonkin
They resided in Phố Hiến -
Spanish Dominicans join the Tonkin mission
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Period: to
Franciscans were present in Cochinchina