- First humans (20,000 years ago)
- Hong Bang dynasty (2879 - 258 BC)
- Phung Nguyen culture (2000 - 1500 BC)
- Dong Son culture (1000 BC - 1st century AD)
- Lac Viet (700 BC - 100 AD)
- Au Lac (257 - 180 BC)
- Trieu dynasty (204 - 111 BC)
- First Era of Northern Domination (111 BC - 40 AD)
- Trung Sisters Rebellion (40 - 43 AD)
- Second Era of Northern Domination (43 - 544 AD)
- Lam Ap (192-629 AD)
- Early Ly dynasty (544 - 602 AD)
- Khmer Empire (802-1431 AD)
- Third Era of Northern Domination (602 - 905 AD)
- Ngo dynasty (939 - 965 AD)
- Dinh dynasty (968 - 980 AD)
- Ly dynasty (1009-1225)
- Tran dynasty (1225-1400)
- Ho dynasty (1400-1407)
- Fourth Era of Northern Domination (1407-1427)
- Le dynasty (1428-1789)
- Mac dynasty (1527-1677)
- Le-Mac War (1533-1592)
- Northern and Southern dynasties (1533-1592)
- Trinh Viceroy (1545-1787)
- Nguyen lords (1558-1777)
- Trinh-Nguyen War (17th century)
- Tay Son wars (1771-1802)
- Tay Son dynasty (1778-1802)
- Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945)
- France and Spain invade Vietnam (1858-1862)
- French Indochina (1887-1954)
- Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945-1976)
- First Indochina War (1946-1954)
- Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)
- Vietnam War (1955-1975)
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1975 - now)
- Cambodian-Vietnamese War (1978-1989)
(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Vietnam at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Vietnam.)
