Birth of Jesus Christ Johannes Gutenberg creates mechanical Printing Press

6 BC 1438
Red Sox win World Series
September 11, 1918

New Event
1932
Han Dynasty Rome Conqures Greece Gun Powder in China New Event Innuet migration to North America Columbus makes landfall in Bahamas Fall of the Aztec Empire Industreal Revolution United States Declairs Independence from Great Britian Bao Dai, the last emperor, begins his reign of Vietnam under "Liberation of Saigon"
221 BCE 147 BCE 849 AD 931 CE 999 AD 1491 AD 1520 AD 1749 AD 1775 the French. April 30, 1975

World History Benchmarks

January 1, 0001 CE

Life of Ho Chi Minh

May 18, 1890 - September 2, 1969
United States use of Agent Orange in Vietnam
1962 - 1971
New Event
1969
President Nixon announces Vietnamization, a plan to turn the
war over to the South Vietnamese and withdraw troops from
South Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh dies. In Washington, D.C.,
250,000 people demonstrate against the war. The first U.S.
draft lottery since 1942 begins.
New Event New Event
1961 New Event 1991
1970
U.S. President John F. Kennedy increases military aid to South 1991 - Washington presents Hanoi with a "roadmap" for Vietnamese Victems of Agent Orange File Suit
Vietnam, first in the form of military advisors. U.S. and South Vietnamese armies invade Cambodia to drive phased normalization of relations that includes a lifting of the January 30, 2004
out North Vietnamese troops. National Guardsmen kill four U.S. embargo.
antiwar demonstrators at Kent State University in Ohio.
New Event New Event
1964 President Clinton lifts the U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam 2005
New Event 1994
New Event North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack the U.S. destroyer USS 1973 Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai conducts a four-city,
1940 Maddox and the USS C. Turner in the Gulf of Tonkin. The U.S. New Event weeklong visit to the United States at the invitation of U.S.
Congress approves the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, granting the The United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet
Japanese troops invade and occupy Indochina, but allow the 1995 President George W. Bush. The prime minister is the highest-
president retaliatory powers. Cong sign a peace accord, and U.S. military forces withdraw.
French to continue running the government. The United States begins to subsidize the French in Vietnam. ranking Vietnamese leader to visit the Untied States since the
President Clinton announces normalization of relations with end of the war.
1950
South Vietnam surrenders to communist North Vietnam, and Vietnam. A U.S. embassy opens in Hanoi.
New Event
Ho Chi Minh starts Viet Minh The Chinese communists, having won their civil war in 1949, the Independent Socialist Republic of Vietnam is formed.
1967 Doi Moi New Event
1941 start supplying weapons to the Viet Minh. By the end of the 1975 The United States and Vietnam reach a copyright protection
1986 2006
year, the United States is bearing half the cost of France's war General Nguyen Van Thieu is elected president of South agreement.
Ho Chi Minh starts the Viet Minh and begins organizing to fight
effort in Vietnam. Vietnam. Fifty thousand people demonstrate against the war in The Vietnamese Government introduces a policy known as 1997 The World Trade Organization formally invites Vietnam to
for Vietnam's "Fall of Saigon" - United States withdraws military from Vietnam
Washington, D.C. "Doi Moi," meaning "renovation," to boost economic become its 150th member. The U.S. House of Representatives
independence. April 30, 1975 AD
New Event development. The policy allows individuals to start businesses Clinton waives Jackson-Vanik Amendment for Vietnam fails to pass legislation granting permanent normal trade
1956 New Event The United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet and invites foreigners to invest money in Vietnam. 1998 relations to Vietnam. President Bush visits Vietnam and
Ho Chi Minh declares independence in Hanoi, ending 80 years of Cong sign a peace accord, and U.S. military forces withdraw.
1968 participates in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting.
colonialism under French rule Fighting begins between the north and the south, marking the President Clinton waives the Jackson-Vanik Amendment for
New Event
1945 beginning of the Vietnam War. Construction starts on the Ho North Vietnam and the Viet Cong launch the Tet Offensive, a Vietnam, allowing American investors to compete more
1989 US people fall in love with Vietnam, says VVMF President
Chi Minh Trail, a complex supply line from the north to the massive attack on the south on the lunar new year that many effectively in Vietnam and to receive financial help from the
The Viet Minh starts a popular insurrection. Bao Dai abdicates. August 24, 2007
National Liberation Front, also called the Viet Cong, made up consider a turning point in the war. Richard Nixon is elected Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia. Export-Import Bank and other U.S. Government agencies. Pol
Ho Chi Minh declares independence in Hanoi, ending 80 years
of groups of communist sympathizers in the south. president of the United States. Pot dies.
of colonialism under French rule, and establishes the
Democratic Republic of Vietnam. French authorities reoccupy Vietnam adopts a constitution
the south. The French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu. New Event New Event New Event 1992 New Event
1954 1963 1971 1978 2000
Vietnam adopts a constitution. U.S. President George H.W.
Open war between France and the Viet Minh begins The French are defeated at Dien Bien Phu. At the Geneva South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated. The U.S. press publishes the Pentagon Papers, which cause Vietnam invades Cambodia and topples Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge Bush grants permission for U.S. companies to open offices, sign Following approval by Congress, the United States and Vietnam
1946 Conference on Indochina, Vietnam is partitioned at the Lyndon Johnson becomes the U.S. president in the wake of the public suspicion about U.S. handling of the war. government. contracts, and conduct feasibility studies in Vietnam. sign a bilateral trade agreement (BTA) extending conditional
seventeenth parallel. The north becomes the Democratic assassination of President John F. Kennedy. normal trade relations status to Vietnam, a move that
Chinese occupation of Vietnam New Event Republic of Vietnam, a communist state, and the south New Event New Event New Event significantly reduces U.S. tariffs on most imports from Vietnam. Hanoi Floods
112 BC - 966 AD 1946 becomes a republic under the leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem. New Event 1974 1982 1993 November 2, 2008
1965 New Event
The Nam Viet kingdom (spreading from the Red River delta to The French army shells the Haiphong harbor, killing more than President Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign, and The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial is dedicated in Washington, U.S. President Bill Clinton eases economic sanctions against
Battle of Dien Bien Phu 2001
north of Canton) is annexed by the Han and becomes the Battle of B!ch "#ng River 6,000 Vietnamese civilians. Open war between France and the The first American combat troops arrive in Vietnam. Antiwar is replaced by Vice President Gerald Ford, who offers D.C., in honor of the more than 58,000 U.S. service members Vietnam to allow American firms to bid on development New Event
Chinese district of Giao-chi. 937 Viet Minh begins. March 1, 1954 - May 1, 1954 protests are held in American cities. clemency to draft evaders and military deserters killed or missing in action in the war. projects financed by international banks. Vietnam's National Assembly ratifies the BTA. 2009

Events in Vietnamese History

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