The Tây Sơn rebellion

Name: The Tây Sơn rebellion
Start: 1771
End: 1802
Location: Tây Sơn, Bình Định province (Vietnam)

1771–1802 · Tây Sơn, Bình Định province (Vietnam) · Asia · War

Three village brothers topple rulers and rout a Qing army

In 1771 three brothers from the village of Tây Sơn in central Vietnam rose against official abuses. Within two decades they crushed the southern Nguyễn lords and the northern Trịnh, ended the Lê dynasty, and in 1789 the youngest, Nguyễn Huệ (Emperor Quang Trung), routed a Qing army near Thăng Long. After his death in 1792 Nguyễn Ánh struck back and in 1802 united the country under the Nguyễn dynasty.

State: Nguyễn lords

Wikipedia (English) · 18th century

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