Second Yuan–Mongol invasion of Đại Việt
WarYuan forces under Toghon invade Đại Việt; Trần forces led by Trần Hưng Đạo counter-attack and drive them out.
- Date
- 1285 · View on map
- Regions
- Southeast AsiaEast Asia
- Importance
- ★★★★★
Yuan forces under Toghon invade Đại Việt; Trần forces led by Trần Hưng Đạo counter-attack and drive them out.
Trần Hưng Đạo destroys the Yuan fleet on the Bạch Đằng River, ending the third Mongol invasion of Đại Việt.
The Yuan fleet defeats the last Song loyalists; the child emperor is drowned, ending the Song dynasty.
Raden Wijaya exploits the Yuan expedition to Java to found Majapahit, the most powerful Hindu-Buddhist empire of the Indonesian archipelago.
The Yuan twice sends fleets against Japan, in 1274 and 1281, and both fail; the storms involved become known as kamikaze ('divine winds').
Historian Lê Văn Hưu completes the Đại Việt sử ký, the first official national history of Vietnam.
Kublai Khan adopts the dynastic name Great Yuan with its capital at Dadu (Beijing), establishing Mongol rule over China.