Đàng Ngoài (Tonkin) under the Trịnh lords (1545–1789)

1. Trịnh Kiểm becomes de facto Northern ruler

   Jan 1, 1545Labels: Tr nh, L Restoration, ng Ngo

   • Tr nh Ki
   • Britannica

2. Death of Trịnh Kiểm triggers succession struggle

   Mar 29, 1570Labels: Tr nh

   • Tr nh Ki
   • Tr nh C

3. Trịnh Tùng becomes Trịnh lord of Tonkin

   Jan 1, 1572Labels: Tr nh, ng Ngo

   • Tr nh T
   • Britannica

4. Assassination of Lê Anh Tông amid Trịnh consolidation

   Jan 22, 1573Labels: L Anh, Tr nh

   • L Anh T
   • Cambridge

5. Trịnh capture of Thăng Long ends Mạc rule there

   Jan 1, 1592Labels: Th ng, M c

   • M c K
   • Britannica

6. Trịnh Tráng succeeds and expands Trịnh warfare

   Jan 1, 1623Labels: Tr nh

   • Tr nh Tr
   • Tr nh Nguy

7. Trịnh–Nguyễn War begins in earnest

   Jan 1, 1627Labels: Tr nh, Nguy n

   • Tr nh Nguy
   • Britannica

8. Trịnh–Nguyễn truce ends major 17th-century fighting

   Jan 1, 1672Labels: Tr nh, Gianh River

   • Tr nh Nguy
   • Tr nh T

9. Trịnh Cương initiates fiscal-administrative reforms

   Jan 1, 1709Labels: Tr nh, Tonkin administration

   • Beck History
   • T y S

10. Trịnh Giang’s rule deepens crisis and revolt

    Jan 1, 1729Labels: Tr nh

    • Tr nh Giang
    • Beck History

11. Trịnh Sâm revives war; Trịnh seize Phú Xuân

    Feb 1, 1775Labels: Tr nh, Ph Xu

    • Tr nh S
    • Tr nh Nguy

12. Child lord Trịnh Cán is installed then deposed

    Nov 1, 1782Labels: Tr nh

    • Tr nh C
    • Tr nh S

13. Tây Sơn capture Thăng Long; Trịnh Khải dies

    Jul 21, 1786Labels: T y, Tr nh

    • T y S
    • Tr nh Kh

14. Qing invasion defeated at Ngọc Hồi–Đống Đa

    Jan 30, 1789Labels: Nguy n, Ng c

    • Ng c H
    • Britannica