Cần Vương movement
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The Cần Vương movement was a large-scale Vietnamese insurgency between 1885 and 1896 against French colonial rule. Its objective was to expel the French and re-instate deposed emperor Hàm Nghi as the
Cần Vương edict written in Classical Chinese
Chef de bataillon Léon Frédéric Hubert Metzinger (1842–1914)
Statue of Phan Đình Phùng in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City
Hàm Nghi
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Emperor Hàm Nghi, personal name Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch, also Nguyễn Phúc Minh, was the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty. He reigned for only one year.
Cần Vương movement
…large-scale Vietnamese insurgency between 1885 and 1896 against French colonial rule. Its objective was to expel the French and re-instate deposed emperor Hàm Nghi as the leader of a restored independent Vietnam. The movement lacked a coherent national structure and consisted mainly of regional leaders who attacked…
Hàm Nghi in 1900
Painting of Emperor Hàm Nghi on coronation date, 1884
The capture of Hàm Nghi