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| 0939 | Ngo, Quyen |  |
| Defeats the Chinese & proclaims an independent kingdom of Nam Viet |
| 1863 | Phan, Thanh Gian | |
| Hanoi Negotiates a treaty with France agreeing to a French protectorate over Vietnam |
| 1886 | Thuyet, Ton That | |
| Tonking Dissaproves French policy in Tonking, the city is looted by General de Courcy |
| Hanoi Forced to flee to the highlands of Laos after the French replace him Prince Dong Khanh |
| 1920 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Hue Birth of Le Duc Anh |
| 1945 | Bao Dai | |
| 28th Aug Accepts the post of supreme political adviser in the provisional government |
| 1945 | Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 16th Aug Appointed President of the National Liberation Committee |
| 16th Aug Tran Ho Summons 60 comrades to Tran Ho to form the National Liberation Committee |
| 23rd Aug Hanoi Arrives in a Vietminh dominated Hanoi |
| 23rd Aug Hanoi Enter Hanoi & declares independence |
| 25th Aug Hanoi The Emperor abdicate giving Ho Chi-Minh the "mandate of heaven" |
| 29th Aug Announces the Provisional Government in Hanoi with Bao Dai as Supreme Counsellor |
| 29th Aug Appointed President of Nth Vietnam |
| 2nd Sep Hanoi Proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam |
| 9th Sep Chinese troops move down to the 16th parallel, as agreed with the Allies |
| 1945 | Kim, Tran Trong | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Vietnam by the Japanese |
| 1946 | Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| Mar France recognizes Vietnam as a free state within the Indochina federation |
| 6th Mar Accepts the stationing of French troops in the nth |
| 6th Mar France recognizes the Republic of Vietnam as a Free State within the French Union |
| 6th Mar French troops enter Hanoi |
| June France supports the establishment of a separate republic of Cochin China |
| 1947 | Bao Dai | |
| Hong Kong Offers to negotiate with France on the unity & independence of Vietnam |
| The French High Commissioner recognizes Vietnam's independence |
| 1948 | Xuan, Nguyen Van | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Vietnam by the French |
| 1949 | Bao Dai | |
| 21st June Saigon The USArecognizes the Boa Dai government |
| 1954 | Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Sth Vietnam, 1st term |
| 27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference appoints Ngo Dinh Diem President of Vietnam |
| 27th May Geneva The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam at the 17th parallel |
| 1954 | Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1954 | Ngo, Dinh Diem | |
| Appointed President of Vietnam |
| 1955 | Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 7th July China promises to give Nth Vietnam $338m in economic aid |
| 1955 | Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| 28th April Saigon Supporters of Diem defeat Bao Dai & force Binh Xuyen rebels out of the capital |
| 28th April Saigon War breaks out in Saigon |
| 20th May Hanoi France agrees to deploy troops against the Vietminh |
| 16th July Appointed Prime Minister of Southern Vietnam, 2nd term |
| 16th July Geneva Rejects the Geneva accords & the elections, a decision backed up by the USA |
| 18th Oct Hanoi Bao Dai dismisses Prime Minister Diem but Diem refuses to resign |
| 23rd Oct Hanoi A referendum gives PM Diem an overwhelming majority over Bao Dai |
| 23rd Oct Hanoi Diem proclaims a Sth Vietnamese Republic |
| 26th Oct Appointed President of Southern Vietnam, Emperor Annam is rejected |
| 26th Oct Hanoi Diem declares himself President & a Republic is declared |
| 1959 | Duan, Le | |
| Appointed Secretary General of the Workers Party |
| 1963 | Ngo, Dinh Diem | |
| Hanoi Military Junta led by General Minh assassinates Diem, allegedly with USAsupport |
| 1963 | Thuy, Xuan | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| 1965 | Cao Ky, Nguyen | |
| 18th June Appointed Prime Minister of Vietnam |
| 1965 | Nguyen, Cao Ky | |
| 18th June Nguyen Cao Ky takes power in South Vietnam as the new Prime Minister with Nguyen Van Thieu functioning as official Chief of State |
| 1965 | Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 18th June Saigon Appointed Head of State of Vietnam |
| 1967 | Nguyen, Nguyen | |
| Appointed Vice President of Sth Vietnam |
| 1967 | Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| Appointed President of Sth Vietnam |
| 1975 | Thieu, Nguyen van | |
| 21st April The communist Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) has said President Thieu must step down before any peace talks with Saigon could begin |
| 1976 | Giap, Vo Nguyen | |
| Hanoi Appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam |
| 1980 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Appointed Vice Minister of Defense |
| 1981 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Appointed Member of the Politburo |
| 1987 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1991 | Kiet, Vo van | |
| Appointed Prime Minister of Vietnam, replaces Do Muoi |
| Paris Vietnam withdraws from Cambodia after signing the Paris Peace Accords |
| 1992 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Appointed President of Vietnam |
| The constitution of Vietnam comes into effect |
| 1995 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| 9 pro-democracy activists are tried & imprisoned |
| The government arrests communist party members who question the one-party system |
| The leadership of the Unified Buddhist Church & Catholic priests are imprisoned |
| 11th July President Clinton extends full diplomatic recognition to Vietnam normalizing relations with the communist nation 22 years after USAdisengagement from the war with Hanoi |
| 1996 | Anh, Le Duc | |
| Suffers possible ruptures to brain arteries |