First of two elements that identify years in the Vietnamese era calendar
Vietnamese era names were titles adopted in historical Vietnam for the purpose of year identification and numbering.
Era names originated in 140 BCE in China, during the reign of the Emperor Wu of Han .[ 1] [ 2] Since the middle of the 6th century CE, independent Vietnamese dynasties started to proclaim their own era names.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
During periods of direct Chinese rule , Chinese era names would gain official use in Vietnam, as was the case for other parts of China.
List of Vietnamese era names
The following is a list of era names adopted by independent Vietnamese monarchs .[ 5] Era names used in Vietnam during the four periods of direct Chinese rule are not included.
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lý Bôn 李賁 (r. 544–548 CE)
Thiên Đức天德
544–548 CE
5 years
Or Đại Đức (大德 ).
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Đinh Bộ Lĩnh 丁部領 (r. 968–979 CE)
Thái Bình太平
970–980 CE
11 years
Usage continued by Đinh Toàn upon his ascension to the throne.
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lê Hoàn 黎桓 (r. 980–1005 CE)
Thiên Phúc天福
980–988 CE
9 years
Usage might be from 981 CE to 988 CE, for a total length of 8 years.
Hưng Thống興統
989–993 CE
5 years
Ứng Thiên應天
994–1007 CE
14 years
Usage continued by Lê Trung Tông and Lê Ngọa Triều Đế upon their ascension to the throne.
Lê Ngọa Triều Đế 黎臥朝帝 (r. 1005–1009 CE)
Cảnh Thụy景瑞
1008–1009 CE
2 years
Usage continued by Lý Thái Tổ upon his ascension to the throne.
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lý Thái Tổ 李太祖 (r. 1009–1028 CE)
Thuận Thiên順天
1010–1028 CE
19 years
Lý Thái Tông 李太宗 (r. 1028–1054 CE)
Thiên Thành天成
1028–1034 CE
7 years
Thông Thụy通瑞
1034–1039 CE
6 years
Càn Phù Hữu Đạo乾符有道
1039–1042 CE
4 years
Minh Đạo明道
1042–1044 CE
3 years
Thiên Cảm Thánh Vũ天感聖武
1044–1049 CE
6 years
Sùng Hưng Đại Bảo崇興大寶
1049–1054 CE
6 years
Lý Thánh Tông 李聖宗 (r. 1054–1072 CE)
Long Thụy Thái Bình龍瑞太平
1054–1058 CE
5 years
Chương Thánh Gia Khánh彰聖嘉慶
1059–1065 CE
7 years
Long Chương Thiên Tự龍彰天嗣
1066–1068 CE
3 years
Thiên Huống Bảo Tượng天貺寶象
1068–1069 CE
2 years
Thần Vũ神武
1069–1072 CE
4 years
Lý Nhân Tông 李仁宗 (r. 1072–1128 CE)
Thái Ninh太寧
1072–1076 CE
5 years
Anh Vũ Chiêu Thắng英武昭勝
1076–1085 CE
10 years
Quảng Hựu廣祐
1085–1092 CE
8 years
Hội Phong會豐
1092–1100 CE
9 years
Long Phù龍符
1101–1109 CE
9 years
Or Long Phù Nguyên Hoá (龍符元化 ).
Hội Tường Đại Khánh會祥大慶
1110–1119 CE
10 years
Thiên Phù Duệ Vũ天符睿武
1120–1126 CE
7 years
Thiên Phù Khánh Thọ天符慶壽
1127 CE
1 year
Usage continued by Lý Thần Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lý Thần Tông 李神宗 (r. 1127–1138 CE)
Thiên Thuận天順
1128–1132 CE
5 years
Or Đại Thuận (大順 ).
Thiên Chương Bảo Tự天彰寶嗣
1133–1138 CE
6 years
Lý Anh Tông 李英宗 (r. 1138–1175 CE)
Thiệu Minh紹明
1138–1140 CE
3 years
Đại Định大定
1140–1162 CE
23 years
Chính Long Bảo Ứng政隆寶應
1163–1174 CE
12 years
Thiên Cảm Chí Bảo天感至寶
1174–1175 CE
2 years
Usage continued by Lý Cao Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lý Cao Tông 李高宗 (r. 1175–1210 CE)
Trinh Phù貞符
1176–1186 CE
11 years
Thiên Tư Gia Thụy天資嘉瑞
1186–1202 CE
17 years
Thiên Gia Bảo Hựu天嘉寶祐
1202–1205 CE
4 years
Or Thiên Tư Bảo Hựu (天資寶祐 ).
Trị Bình Long Ứng治平龍應
1205–1210 CE
6 years
Usage continued by Lý Huệ Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lý Huệ Tông 李惠宗 (r. 1210–1224 CE)
Kiến Gia建嘉
1211–1224 CE
14 years
Lý Nguyên Hoàng李元皇 (r. 1214–1216 CE)
Càn Ninh乾寧
1214–1216 CE
3 years
Lý Chiêu Hoàng 李昭皇 (r. 1224–1225 CE)
Thiên Chương Hữu Đạo天彰有道
1224–1225 CE
2 years
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Trần Thái Tông 陳太宗 (r. 1225–1258 CE)
Kiến Trung建中
1225–1232 CE
8 years
Thiên Ứng Chính Bình天應政平
1232–1251 CE
20 years
Nguyên Phong元豐
1251–1258 CE
8 years
Trần Thánh Tông 陳聖宗 (r. 1258–1278 CE)
Thiệu Long紹隆
1258–1272 CE
15 years
Bảo Phù寶符
1273–1278 CE
6 years
Usage continued by Trần Nhân Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Trần Nhân Tông 陳仁宗 (r. 1278–1293 CE)
Thiệu Bảo紹寶
1279–1285 CE
7 years
Trùng Hưng重興
1285–1293 CE
9 years
Trần Anh Tông 陳英宗 (r. 1293–1314 CE)
Hưng Long興隆
1293–1314 CE
22 years
Trần Minh Tông 陳明宗 (r. 1314–1329 CE)
Đại Khánh大慶
1314–1323 CE
10 years
Khai Thái開泰
1324–1329 CE
6 years
Trần Hiến Tông 陳憲宗 (r. 1329–1341 CE)
Khai Hựu開祐
1329–1341 CE
13 years
Trần Dụ Tông 陳裕宗 (r. 1341–1369 CE)
Thiệu Phong紹豐
1341–1357 CE
17 years
Đại Trị大治
1358–1369 CE
12 years
Dương Nhật Lễ 楊日禮 (r. 1369–1370 CE)
Đại Định大定
1369–1370 CE
2 years
Trần Nghệ Tông 陳藝宗 (r. 1370–1372 CE)
Thiệu Khánh紹慶
1370–1372 CE
3 years
Usage continued by Trần Duệ Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Trần Duệ Tông 陳睿宗 (r. 1372–1377 CE)
Long Khánh隆慶
1373–1377 CE
5 years
Trần Hiện 陳晛 (r. 1377–1388 CE)
Xương Phù昌符
1377–1388 CE
12 years
Trần Thuận Tông 陳順宗 (r. 1388–1398 CE)
Quang Thái光泰
1388–1398 CE
11 years
Trần An 陳𭴣 (r. 1398–1400 CE)
Kiến Tân建新
1398–1400 CE
3 years
Other regimes contemporaneous with Trần dynasty
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Nguyễn Bổ阮補 (r. 1379 CE)
Hy Nguyên熙元
1379 CE
1 year
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Hồ Quý Ly 胡季犛 (r. 1400 CE)
Thánh Nguyên聖元
1400 CE
1 year
Or Nguyên Thánh (元聖 ). Usage continued by Hồ Hán Thương upon his ascension to the throne.
Hồ Hán Thương 胡漢蒼 (r. 1400–1407 CE)
Thiệu Thành紹成
1401–1402 CE
2 years
Khai Đại開大
1403–1407 CE
5 years
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Giản Định Đế 簡定帝 (r. 1407–1409 CE)
Hưng Khánh興慶
1407–1409 CE
3 years
Trùng Quang Đế 重光帝 (r. 1409–1413 CE)
Trùng Quang重光
1409–1413 CE
5 years
Trần Cảo 陳暠 (r. 1426–1428 CE)
Thiên Khánh天慶
1426–1428 CE
3 years
Other regimes contemporaneous with Later Trần dynasty
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Phạm Ngọc范玉 (r. 1417–1420 CE)
Vĩnh Ninh永寧
1417–1420 CE
4 years
Lê Ngạ黎餓 (r. 1420 CE)
Vĩnh Thiên永天
1420 CE
1 month
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lê Thái Tổ 黎太祖 (r. 1428–1433 CE)
Thuận Thiên順天
1428–1433 CE
6 years
Usage continued by Lê Thái Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Thái Tông 黎太宗 (r. 1433–1442 CE)
Thiệu Bình紹平
1434–1439 CE
6 years
Đại Bảo大寶
1440–1442 CE
3 years
Or Thái Bảo (太寶 ). Usage continued by Lê Nhân Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Nhân Tông 黎仁宗 (r. 1442–1459 CE)
Đại Hòa大和
1443–1453 CE
11 years
Or Thái Hòa (太和 ).
Diên Ninh延寧
1454–1459 CE
6 years
Lê Nghi Dân 黎宜民 (r. 1459–1460 CE)
Thiên Hưng天興
1459–1460 CE
2 years
Lê Thánh Tông 黎聖宗 (r. 1460–1497 CE)
Quang Thuận光順
1460–1469 CE
10 years
Hồng Đức洪德
1470–1497 CE
28 years
Usage continued by Lê Hiến Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Hiến Tông 黎憲宗 (r. 1497–1504 CE)
Cảnh Thống景統
1498–1504 CE
7 years
Lê Túc Tông 黎肅宗 (r. 1504 CE)
Thái Trinh太貞
1504 CE
1 year
Usage continued by Lê Uy Mục Đế upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Uy Mục Đế 黎威穆帝 (r. 1504–1509 CE)
Đoan Khánh端慶
1505–1509 CE
5 years
Lê Tương Dực Đế 黎襄翼帝 (r. 1509–1516 CE)
Hồng Thuận洪順
1509–1516 CE
8 years
Lê Chiêu Tông 黎昭宗 (r. 1516–1522 CE)
Quang Thiệu光紹
1516–1522 CE
7 years
Lê Cung Hoàng 黎恭皇 (r. 1522–1527 CE)
Thống Nguyên統元
1522–1527 CE
6 years
Other regimes contemporaneous with Primitive Lê dynasty
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Trần Cao 陳暠 (r. 1516 CE)
Thiên Ứng天應
1516 CE
8 months
Or Ứng Thiên (應天 ).
Trần Cung陳㫒 (r. 1516–1521 CE)
Tuyên Hòa宣和
1516–1521 CE
6 years
Lê Bảng黎榜 (r. 1518–1519 CE)
Đại Đức大德
1518–1519 CE
2 years
Or Thiên Đức (天德 ).
Lê Do黎槱 (r. 1519 CE)
Thiên Hiến天憲
1519 CE
1 year
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Mạc Thái Tổ 莫太祖 (r. 1527–1529 CE)
Minh Đức明德
1527–1529 CE
3 years
Mạc Thái Tông 莫太宗 (r. 1529–1540 CE)
Đại Chính大正
1530–1540 CE
11 years
Usage continued by Mạc Hiến Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Mạc Hiến Tông 莫憲宗 (r. 1540–1546 CE)
Quảng Hòa廣和
1541–1546 CE
6 years
Mạc Tuyên Tông 莫宣宗 (r. 1546–1561 CE)
Vĩnh Định永定
1547–1548 CE
2 years
Usage might be in 1547 CE, for a total length of 1 year.
Cảnh Lịch景曆
1548–1555 CE
8 years
Usage might be from 1548 CE to 1553 CE, for a total length of 6 years; or from 1548 CE to 1554 CE, for a total length of 7 years.
Quang Bảo光寶
1555–1564 CE
10 years
Usage might be from 1554 CE to 1561 CE, for a total length of 8 years; or from 1554 CE to 1564 CE, for a total length of 11 years. Usage continued by Mạc Mậu Hợp upon his ascension to the throne.
Mạc Mậu Hợp 莫茂洽 (r. 1562–1592 CE)
Thuần Phúc淳福
1565–1568 CE
4 years
Usage might be from 1562 CE to 1566 CE, for a total length of 5 years; or from 1565 CE to 1566 CE, for a total length of 2 years.
Sùng Khang崇康
1568–1578 CE
11 years
Usage might be from 1566 CE to 1578 CE, for a total length of 13 years.
Diên Thành延成
1578–1585 CE
8 years
Đoan Thái端泰
1585–1588 CE
4 years
Usage might be from 1586 CE to 1587 CE, for a total length of 2 years.
Hưng Trị興治
1588–1591 CE
4 years
Usage might be from 1588 CE to 1590 CE, for a total length of 3 years.
Hồng Ninh洪寧
1591–1592 CE
2 years
Mạc Toàn 莫全 (r. 1592–1593 CE; as regent)
Vũ An武安
1592 CE
1 year
Mạc Kính Chỉ 莫敬止 (r. 1592–1593 CE)
Bảo Định寶定
1592 CE
1 year
Khang Hựu康祐
1593 CE
1 year
Mạc Kính Cung 莫敬恭 (r. 1593–1625 CE)
Càn Thống乾統
1593–1625 CE
33 years
Mạc Kính Khoan 莫敬寬 (r. 1618–1638 CE)
Long Thái隆泰
1618–1625 CE
8 years
Mạc Kính Vũ 莫敬宇 (r. 1661–1679 CE)
Thuận Đức順德
1638–1677 CE
40 years
Usage might be from 1638 CE to 1661 CE, for a total length of 24 years.
Mạc Nguyên Thanh莫元清 (r. 1638–1677 CE)
Vĩnh Xương永昌
1661–1679 CE
19 years
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lê Trang Tông 黎莊宗 (r. 1533–1548 CE)
Nguyên Hòa元和
1533–1548 CE
16 years
Usage continued by Lê Trung Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Trung Tông 黎中宗 (r. 1548–1556 CE)
Thuận Bình順平
1549–1556 CE
8 years
Usage continued by Lê Anh Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Anh Tông 黎英宗 (r. 1556–1573 CE)
Thiên Hựu天祐
1557 CE
1 year
Chính Trị正治
1558–1571 CE
14 years
Hồng Phúc洪福
1572 CE
1 year
Lê Thế Tông 黎世宗 (r. 1573–1599 CE)
Gia Thái嘉泰
1573–1577 CE
5 years
Quang Hưng光興
1578–1599 CE
22 years
Usage continued by Lê Kính Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Kính Tông 黎敬宗 (r. 1599–1619 CE)
Thận Đức慎德
1600 CE
1 year
Hoằng Định弘定
1600–1619 CE
20 years
Lê Thần Tông 黎神宗 (r. 1619–1643 CE; first reign)
Vĩnh Tộ永祚
1619–1629 CE
11 years
Đức Long德隆
1629–1635 CE
7 years
Dương Hòa陽和
1635–1643 CE
9 years
Lê Chân Tông 黎真宗 (r. 1643–1649 CE)
Phúc Thái福泰
1643–1649 CE
7 years
Lê Thần Tông 黎神宗 (r. 1649–1662 CE; second reign)
Khánh Đức慶德
1649–1653 CE
5 years
Thịnh Đức盛德
1653–1658 CE
6 years
Vĩnh Thọ永壽
1658–1662 CE
5 years
Vạn Khánh萬慶
1662 CE
1 year
Usage continued by Lê Huyền Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Huyền Tông 黎玄宗 (r. 1662–1671 CE)
Cảnh Trị景治
1663–1671 CE
9 years
Usage continued by Lê Gia Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Gia Tông 黎嘉宗 (r. 1671–1675 CE)
Dương Đức陽德
1672–1674 CE
3 years
Đức Nguyên德元
1674–1675 CE
2 years
Usage continued by Lê Hy Tông upon his ascension to the throne.
Lê Hy Tông 黎熙宗 (r. 1675–1705 CE)
Vĩnh Trị永治
1676–1680 CE
5 years
Chính Hòa正和
1680–1705 CE
26 years
Lê Dụ Tông 黎裕宗 (r. 1705–1729 CE)
Vĩnh Thịnh永盛
1705–1720 CE
16 years
Bảo Thái保泰
1720–1729 CE
10 years
Lê Duy Phường 黎維祊 (r. 1729–1732 CE)
Vĩnh Khánh永慶
1729–1732 CE
4 years
Lê Thuần Tông 黎純宗 (r. 1732–1735 CE)
Long Đức龍德
1732–1735 CE
4 years
Lê Ý Tông 黎懿宗 (r. 1735–1740 CE)
Vĩnh Hựu永祐
1735–1740 CE
6 years
Lê Hiển Tông 黎顯宗 (r. 1740–1786 CE)
Cảnh Hưng景興
1740–1786 CE
47 years
Usage continued by Lê Mẫn Đế upon his ascension to the throne. Also used by the Nguyễn lords .
Lê Mẫn Đế 黎愍帝 (r. 1786–1789 CE)
Chiêu Thống昭統
1787–1789 CE
3 years
Other regimes contemporaneous with Revival Lê dynasty
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Lê Hiến黎憲 (r. 1533–1537 CE)
Quang Chiếu光照
1533–1536 CE
4 years
Vũ Đăng武登 (r. 1594 CE)
La Bình羅平
1594 CE
1 year
Nguyễn Minh Trí阮明智 (r. 1595–1597 CE)
Đại Đức大德
1595–1597 CE
3 years
Nguyễn Đương Minh阮當明 (r. 1596–1597 CE)
Phúc Đức福德
1596–1597 CE
2 years
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Thái Đức Đế 泰德帝 (r. 1778–1793 CE)
Thái Đức泰德
1778–1793 CE
16 years
Quang Trung Đế 光中帝 (r. 1788–1792 CE)
Quang Trung光中
1788–1792 CE
5 years
Usage continued by Cảnh Thịnh Đế upon his ascension to the throne.
Cảnh Thịnh Đế 景盛帝 (r. 1792–1802 CE)
Cảnh Thịnh景盛
1793–1801 CE
9 years
Bảo Hưng寶興
1801–1802 CE
2 years
Era name
Period of use
Length of use
Remark
Gia Long Đế 嘉隆帝 (r. 1802–1820 CE)
Gia Long嘉隆
1802–1819 CE
18 years
Minh Mạng Đế 明命帝 (r. 1820–1841 CE)
Minh Mạng明命
1820–1841 CE
22 years
Thiệu Trị Đế 紹治帝 (r. 1841–1847 CE)
Thiệu Trị紹治
1841–1847 CE
7 years
Usage continued by Tự Đức Đế upon his ascension to the throne.
Tự Đức Đế 嗣德帝 (r. 1847–1883 CE)
Tự Đức嗣德
1848–1883 CE
36 years
Usage continued by Dục Đức Đế , Hiệp Hòa Đế , and Kiến Phúc Đế upon their ascension to the throne. The Gregorian calendar has been used in Vietnam since the region was colonized by France in 1858.
Hiệp Hòa Đế 協和帝 (r. 1883 CE)
Hiệp Hòa協和
did not use
did not use
The era name Hiệp Hòa was originally planned to supersede Tự Đức , but Hiệp Hòa Đế was deposed before the era name was put into effective use.
Kiến Phúc Đế 建福帝 (r. 1883–1884 CE)
Kiến Phúc建福
1884 CE
1 year
Usage continued by Hàm Nghi Đế upon his ascension to the throne.
Hàm Nghi Đế 咸宜帝 (r. 1884–1885 CE)
Hàm Nghi咸宜
1885 CE
1 year
Usage continued by Đồng Khánh Đế upon his ascension to the throne. Also used by the Cần Vương movement .
Đồng Khánh Đế 同慶帝 (r. 1885–1889 CE)
Đồng Khánh同慶
1885–1889 CE
5 years
Thành Thái Đế 成泰帝 (r. 1889–1907 CE)
Thành Thái成泰
1889–1907 CE
19 years
Duy Tân Đế 維新帝 (r. 1907–1916 CE)
Duy Tân維新
1907–1916 CE
10 years
Khải Định Đế 啓定帝 (r. 1916–1925 CE)
Khải Định啓定
1916–1925 CE
10 years
Usage continued by Bảo Đại Đế upon his ascension to the throne.
Bảo Đại Đế 保大帝 (r. 1926–1945 CE)
Bảo Đại保大
1926–1945 CE
20 years
Other regimes contemporaneous with Nguyễn dynasty
Modern Vietnam
See also
References
Notes
Bibliography
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National Bureau for Historical Record (1998), Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục (in Vietnamese), Hanoi : Education Publishing House
Trần Trọng Kim (1971), Việt Nam sử lược (in Vietnamese), Saigon : Center for School Materials
Chapuis, Oscar (1995), A history of Vietnam: from Hong Bang to Tu Duc , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-29622-7
Chapuis, Oscar (2000), The last emperors of Vietnam: from Tu Duc to Bao Dai , Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN 0-313-31170-6
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