Court historian Ngô Sĩ Liên completes the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, the principal official chronicle of pre-modern Vietnam.
Đại Việt forces capture the Cham capital Vijaya and annex much of northern Champa.
Lê Thánh Tông takes the throne; his reign (1460–1497) is regarded as a golden age of Đại Việt, with major administrative and legal reforms.
Afonso de Albuquerque captures Malacca, ending the Malacca Sultanate and beginning European colonial presence in Southeast Asia.
After Emperor Lê Thái Tông's sudden death at Lệ Chi Viên, Nguyễn Trãi is blamed and executed along with his family.
Warriors led by the chieftain Lapulapu defeat Ferdinand Magellan's men on Mactan island; Magellan is killed.
Lê Lợi (Lê Thái Tổ), leader of the Lam Sơn uprising and founder of the Later Lê dynasty, dies.