Rise of Vietnam

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208 BC	Zhao Tuo, a Chinese general conquers Au Lac and becomes the emperor of Nam Viet
111BC - 939AD	Nam Viet is ruled by china and is called Giao Chi
39-43AD	Trung sisters’ rebellions against China establishes an independent state that lasts two years
192AD	Champa (or Lin-yi) is founded after the overthrow of Chinese rule
284AD	Champa sends its very first embassy to China
802AD	Khmer Empire is founded in the Angkor region
939AD	Under Ngo Quyen’s leadership, the Vietnamese overthrow the Chinese rule in the Tonking region. They also send a tribute to China
939-968AD	Ngo Dynasty
968AD	Dinh Bo Linh overthrows Ngo Dynasty and calls his state Dai Co Viet
968-980AD	Dinh Dynasty
980-1009QAD	Earlier Le Dynasty
1225-1258AD	The reign of Tran Thai Tong
1282AD	Mongols attack Champa
1284-1287AD	Mongols defeated by Vietnam
1407-1428AD	Vietnam back under Chinese rule
1428AD	Le Loi overthrows the Chinese rule and establishes a new dynasty
1431AD	The Thais sack Angkor. The Khmers send a tribute to Ayuthaya (Thailand)
1461-1497AD	The reign of Le Thanh Thong. There where major legal and administrative reforms
1471AD	Vietnamese conquer Champa
1545AD	The Civil war divides Vietnam. China mediates
1603AD	Establishment of a French East Indian Company
1615AD	French Jesuits open a mission in Fai Fo
1627AD	Alexandre de Rhodes, a French missionary, devises quoc-ngu to adapt the Vietnamese language into Roman script
1720AD	The Vietnamese absorb the remnant of Champa
1772-1802AD	The Tayson rebellion
1802AD	Ngyuyen Anh becomes emperor of Gia Long. He unifies the country by reconstruction and reform.

Vietnam the struggles for National identity By D. R. SarDesai pages 153-154