I am Ngô Quyền,born April 17, 898 – February 14, 944, often referred to as Tiền Ngô Vương,im "First King of Ngô",i was a warlord who later became the founding king of the Ngô dynasty of Vietnam. I reigned from 939 to 944. In 938, i defeated the Southern Han dynasty at the Battle of Bạch Đằng River north of modern Haiphong. The battle is celebrated in Vietnamese national history as it ended 1,000 years of Chinese rule over Vietnam dating back to 111 BC under the Western Han dynasty.