The Vietnamese Civil War of 1787–1802, or the Tây Sơn–Nguyễn Civil War of 1787–1802, was a conflict fought between two Vietnamese factions, the Tayson in the north, and the Nguyen loyalists in the sou
Statue of Quang Trung or Nguyen Van Hue, younger brother of Nguyen Nhac
Portrait of French Navy officer Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau in Vietnam, 1805
18th and 19th-century Vietnamese vessels were built based on French model
Depiction of a Nguyen Vietnamese rifleman, 1844
Tây Sơn wars
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The Tây Sơn wars or Tây Sơn rebellion, often known as the Vietnamese civil war of 1771–1802, were a series of military conflicts that followed the Vietnamese peasant uprising at Tây Sơn that were led
A view of Đông Kinh (Hanoi) from the Red River in 1685
Emperor Lê Hy Tông gives an audience
Vietnamese communal temple đình in Huế
Phát Diệm Cathedral in Ninh Bình, north Vietnam. By the 18th century, there were more than 300,000 Catholic Christians in Vietnam.