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Trịnh–Nguyễn Conflict of the 1670s
In the 1670s, amid Vietnam's north–south division, the standoff between the northern Trịnh lords and southern Nguyễn lords intensified, with repeated…
Timeline
- 1672–1673Thăng Long (Hanoi) · VietnamTrịnh Tráng assembled land and naval forces at Thăng Long to prepare for another southern campaign against the Nguyễn lords, continuing the Trịnh periodic offensives against the south since 1627.
- 1674–1675Quảng Nam · VietnamTrịnh forces marched south to attack Nguyễn territory; Nguyễn Phúc Lan resisted along the Huế defensive line with firearms, and the two sides fought back and forth along the Quảng Nam–Huế line without the Trịnh forces breaking through.
- 1678–1680Huế · VietnamBoth sides were exhausted by years of war; fighting slowed in the late 1670s, the Trịnh–Nguyễn boundary was largely maintained, and the north–south division continued into the 18th century.
Sources
- Việt Nam: A History from Earliest Times to the Present — Ben Kiernan (2017)
- The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Volume 1 — Nicholas Tarling (ed.) (1999)