High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Politics
1009
Ly Cong Uan founds the Ly dynasty in Vietnam
November 1009
A Buddhist palace guard raised in a monastery seized the Vietnamese throne from the decadent Le dynasty and proclaimed a new era. Within a year he would move his capital to Thang Long, the modern site of Hanoi, where a dragon was said to have risen from the Red River. The Ly dynasty would rule an increasingly confident Vietnam for over two centuries.
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Also in 1009 (3 other events on record)
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Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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