Hanoi: History, Former Names & Timeline
Thousand-year-old city on the Red River delta, capital of the Lý to Lê dynasties and today of Vietnam.
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Former names of Hanoi
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1010 | Thăng Long | |
| 1831 | Hà Nội |
Timeline of Hanoi
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1010 | Lý Thái Tổ moves the capital to Thăng Long |
| 1288 | Battle of Bạch Đằng: the Trần repel the Yuan |
| 1902 | Becomes capital of French Indochina |
| 1945 | Hồ Chí Minh reads Vietnam's declaration of independence |
Who ruled Hanoi
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Austro-Asiatic rice cultures |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 200 BC–2 BC | Nan-Yue |
| 1 BC–299 | Han |
| 300–499 | Jin |
| 500–599 | Jin Empire |
| 600–799 | Sui Empire |
| 800–999 | Tang Empire |
| 1000–1099 | Annam |
| 1100–1814 | Đại Việt |
| 1815–1899 | Annam |
| 1900–1919 | French Indochina |
| 1920–1937 | Annam |
| 1938–1944 | French Indo-China |
| 1945–1959 | Tonkin |
| 1960–today | Vietnam |