Lê Duy Diêu, passed over in 1735, became king and reigned for 46 years, the longest of any Lê ruler, while the Trịnh governed.
Political
Accession of Lê Hiển Tông
- May 1740
- Southeast Asia
Meanwhile, elsewhere
- 17th century – 19th centuryAge of EnlightenmentEurope
- 1765 – 1783American RevolutionNorth America
- 1700 – 1721Great Northern WarEurope
- 18th century – 19th centuryRomanticism
- 1754 – 1763French and Indian WarNorth America
- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' WarEurope
- 1757 – 1947Indian independence movementSouth Asia
- 1568 – 1918Russo-Turkish Wars