Phan Bội Châu
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Phan Bội Châu was a Vietnamese nationalist and revolutionary. In 1904, he formed a revolutionary organization called Duy Tân Hội and initiated the Đông Du movement. From 1905 to 1908, he lived in Japa
Châu, c. 1920
Phan studied the works of Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Phan (right) with Cường Để, circa 1907.
Phan Bội Châu's House in Bến Ngự, Huế, where he spent his last fifteen years.
Vietnam
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Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a population of over 102 millio
Phan Bội Châu
…family. In 1885, the Cần Vương movement began its uprising against French rule, hoping to install the boy Emperor Hàm Nghi as the ruler of an independent Vietnam by expelling colonial forces. The imperial entourage fled the palace in Huế and attempted to start the uprising from a military base in Nghệ An. The…
Capture of Saigon by Charles Rigault de Genouilly on 18 February 1859
The Grand Palais built for the 1902–1903 world's fair, when Hanoi became French Indochina's capital
First Nationwide Congress of Emulation Fighters, Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 1952
Three US Fairchild UC-123B aircraft spraying Agent Orange during the Operation Ranch Hand as part of a herbicidal warfare operation depriving the food and vegetation cover of the Việt Cộng, c. 1962–1971