Timeline: Vietnam

• 29 Jan 1258
  The forces of the Mongol Empire are defeated by the kingdom of Dai Viet at the Battle of Dong Bo Dau during the Mongol Invasion of Vietnam. This victory, and resistance to later Mongol incursions, informed Vietnamese resistance efforts against the French and, later, the Americans in the 20th century.
• 7 Nov 1426
  The Battle of Tot Dong is fought near present-day Hanoi, Vietnam between the rebel Vietnamese forces under Lam Son and those of the Chinese Ming Dynasty under General Wang Tong during the Lam Son Uprising, ending in a victory for Lam Son and establishing the independence of Vietnam from Ming China.
• 10 Feb 1930
  The Yen Bai Mutiny in Vietnam in which Vietnamese soldiers in the French Colonial Army rebelled against the French officers of the Yen Bai garrison in hopes of ending French occupation of their country. The revolt was crushed, and leaders executed but this only encouraged others to join the growing Indochinese Communist Party that would eventually drive the French out.