A new element—the Ho, or Hani people—enters…
1864 CE to 1875 CE
A new element—the Ho, or Hani people—enters northern Laos, further complicating the situation there.
The Ho first appear in mid-1869 in the upper valley of the Nam Ou, where they make common cause with some Lu dissidents displaced from the Sipsong Panna during a civil war lasting twenty-five years.
An army from Luang Prabang attacks these bands and withdraws, taking prisoners.