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Landmark East Asia religious

Thiên Mụ Pagoda

1601 CE – still standing

Seven-storey Buddhist pagoda on the Perfume River in Huế, Vietnam's unofficial symbol

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Thiên Mụ Temple on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1600 CE)
  2. Đại Việt (1650 CE–1800 CE) Border precision: Defined
  3. Annam (1815 CE–1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. French Indochina (1900 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. Annam (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. French Indo-China (1938 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Annam (1945 CE) Border precision: Defined
  8. Vietnam (1960 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

House of Taga

900 CE – 1700 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ayutthaya

1351 CE – 1767 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Manila Galleon Trade

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1601 CE and 2026 CE.

1609 CE Satsuma Invasion of Ryukyu 1618 CE Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty 1637 CE Shimabara Rebellion 1656 CE Wat Arun 1759 CE Konbaung–Siam Wars

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Hanseatic League Trade route · Europe 1200 CE – 1669 CE Elizabeth I Figure · England 1533 CE – 1603 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
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