Vietnam Timeline Sema Rivas. 968 The capital moves to Hoa Lu with the Dinh and first Le dynasties.
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Transcript of Vietnam Timeline Sema Rivas. 968 The capital moves to Hoa Lu with the Dinh and first Le dynasties.
1428 Le Loi begins the second Le dynasty with
the aid of Nguyen Trai. This dynasty sees further conquests in the South.
1524 Beginning of a long period of political
instability.
While the Le governs only formally, a feudal war tempers between the Trinh from the Thang Long and the Nguyen from the Hue.
1651
Jesuit Alexandres de Rhodes publishes in Roma a Latin Vietnamese catechism, and creates the Ngoc Ngu, the roman-based script currently used for Vietnamese.
1940 Invasion of Indochina by Japan.
The French administrations join forces and proceed to run the government.
1955 Refusing to tool the Geneva accords, Ngo
Dinh Diem declares himself president of the Republic of South Vietnam.
1959 The communist party starts military
operations in the South
Construction of the Ho Chi Minh trail begins
First Americans to die in the Vietnam War during the guerilla strike at Bienhoa (Major Dale Buis and Master Sargeant Chester M. Ovnand)
1961 Vice President Johnson Tours Saigon
President Kennedy increases US military aid to South Vietnam
1965 First US ground combat unit in Vietnam - 9th
Marine Regiment went ashore in South Vietnam to protect the large airfield at Da Nang.
1969 Ho Chi Minh dies. President Nixon begins to
reduce US ground troops in Vietnam as domestic public opposition to the war grows.
1989 Withdrawal from Cambodia; for the first time
in half a century, Vietnam is not engaged in any war.