Cần Vương movement
WarRevolutionAfter a failed attack on the French at Huế, Emperor Hàm Nghi flees the capital and issues an edict calling for resistance to French rule.
- Date
- July 1885 – 1896 · View on map
- Regions
- Southeast Asia
- Importance
- ★★★★★
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1885★★★★★
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