Trương Định
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Trương Định, sometimes known as Trương Công Định, was a mandarin in the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam under Emperor Tự Đức. He is best known for leading a guerrilla army in southern Vietnam against French
Portrait of Truong Dinh, by a later 19th century anonymous artist
Nguyễn Trung Trực, another leader in the resistance movement
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Tomb of Trương Định in Gò Công, Tiền Giang, Vietnam
Gò Công
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Gò Công is a provincial city of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The city of Gò Công is not to be confused with East Gò Công and West Gò Công Districts which also belong to t
Trương Định
…socio-economic status to recruit a group of impoverished people, whom he organised for clearing land and founding a đồn điền ("military colony") in Gò Công. This occurred after Emperor Tự Đức's 1854 order, which granted General Nguyễn Tri Phương permission to organise southern levies in this manner. In…
Chánh Tham Biện Palace, Gò Công city
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Drawing of Gò Công citadel in 1863