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  2. Âu Lạc - Wikipedia

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    Later Chinese officials called the local people Lạc (Lou) and Âu (Ou). [14] The Lac people are generally believed to be Austroasiatic speakers. [76] Taylor (2013) believed the lowland population mostly spoke Proto-Viet-Muong while those from the mountainous areas north and west of the Red River Delta spoke an ancient language similar to ...

  3. An Dương Vương - Wikipedia

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    In the Khâm định Việt sử Thông giám cương mục, the writers expressed doubts about An Dương Vương's origin, claiming it was impossible for a Shu prince to cross thousands of miles, through forests, and many kingdoms to invade Văn Lang. However in the 1950s, historians Trần Văn Giáp and Đào Duy Anh argued that An Dương ...

  4. Thích Nhất Hạnh - Wikipedia

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    [13] [7] [14] He is 15th generation Nguyễn Đình; the poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, author of Lục Vân Tiên, was his ancestor. [15] His father, Nguyễn Đình Phúc, from Thành Trung village in Thừa Thiên, Huế, was an official with the French administration. [ 15 ]

  5. House of Nguyễn Phúc - Wikipedia

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    The House of Nguyễn Phúc (Nguyen Gia Mieu) had historically been founded in the 14th century in Gia Mieu village, Thanh Hoa Province, before they came to rule southern Vietnam from 1558 to 1777 and 1780 to 1802, then became the ruling dynasty of the entire Vietnam.

  6. Vietnamese Martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Their memorial in the current General Roman Calendar is on November 24 as Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions (Vietnamese: Anrê Dũng-Lạc và các bạn tử đạo), although many of these saints have a second memorial, having been beatified and inscribed on the local calendar prior to the canonization of the group.

  7. Tự Đức's Catholic persecution - Wikipedia

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    Emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam. From 1849 to 1862, during the early years of the Vietnamese emperor Tự Đức (r. 1848–1883) of Vietnam, the most intense, brutal and bloodiest anti-Christian persecution ever in history happened in Vietnam, also was the last state-sponsored persecution of Catholic Christians in Vietnam, as a part of Tự Đức's efforts to eradicate every ...

  8. Trưng sisters - Wikipedia

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    Su Ding, the Chinese governor of Jiaozhi province at the time, is remembered by his cruelty and tyranny. [11] According to the Book of the Later Han , Thi Sách was "of a fierce temperament", and Su Ding attempted to restrain him with legal procedures, literally to behead him without trial.

  9. Tự Đức - Wikipedia

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    Tự Đức (Hanoi: [tɨ˧˨ ɗɨk̚˧˦], chữ Hán: 嗣 德, lit. ' inheritance of virtues ' , 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì ) was the fourth and last pre-colonial emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam ; he ruled from 1847 to 1883.