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Tự Đức was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam, and the country's last pre-colonial monarch. Ruling for about 36 years from 1847 to 1883, this made him the longest reigning Nguyễn emperor.
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politics · 4th Emperor of Nguyễn-dynasty Vietnam (r. 1847–1883) · monarch · philosopher · also Tự Đức, Tu Duc, Đức
Born 22 September 1829 · Died 17 July 1883 · Q466976
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Lê Minh Khải claimed that he found two instances where the Tự Đức Emperor had ordered the Chinese edition of several classic books on science and industry from the West to be read by the mandarins and soldiers of the cou
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Died 1883-07-17.
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And, according to legend, cursed the French with his dying breath
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Tu Duc welcomed an Italian trade delegation
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Tu Duc sent a delegation to Beijing, reassessing Vietnam's tributary status for the Chinese Empire
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War in Tonkin broke out between the White Flags and the Black Flags, resulting in White Flags defeat and their forces diminished
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Hồng Bảo's son Đinh Đạo rebelled against Tự Đức
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Was sent to Europe on the Vietnamese third mission to recruit technicians and teachers for a Western-style school foundation in Vietnam, but that project was also cancelled in 1867 when France annexed the rest of Coch
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After the fall of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Liu Yongfu fled to China-Vietnam borders and founded the Black Flag Army, consisting of Chinese and Tai-Zhuang militia
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Tu Duc appointed Nguyễn Bá Nghi to fought off the White Flag rebels
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The Chinese Muslim rebels were driven back, but the new White Flag army invaded Tonkin and laid Tụ Long abandoned by 1863, disrupting Vietnamese finance and the opium trade
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Junchang, a Chinese opium merchant, had recruited his own personal militia to protect the opium trade from the White Flags
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Chinese Muslim rebels from Yunnan attacked and occupied areas near Tụ Long mines, Tuyên Quang
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By American lawyer Henry Wheaton, a book noted by many researchers to have made a profound contribution to the ideological transformation of the ruling elites in Qing China and Japan
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Born 1829-09-22.
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