Nguyễn Hữu Cầu ( vi-hantu, 阮有求, 1712–1751) was the leader of a rebellion of
Tonkin
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peasantry in the 18th century.
Biography
Nguyễn Hữu Cầu was born in a poor family in Lôi Động (
Tân An
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,
Thanh Hà,
Hải Dương,
Việt Nam
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now). He was very good at martial art and swimming. Because of being poor, he was a robber. After that, he followed a revolution led by Nguyễn Cừ and became a talented general. He was called Quận He.
The revolution came from
Đồ Sơn (
Hải Phòng
Haiphong ( vi, Hải Phòng, ), or Hải Phòng, is a major industrial city and the third-largest in Vietnam. Hai Phong is also the center of technology, economy, culture, medicine, education, science and trade in the Red River delta.
Haiphong wa ...
), moved to Kinh Bac,
Đông Kinh
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then Son Nam,
Thanh Hoa,
Nghe An. When Nguyễn Cừ, the leader of the revolution, was arrested, Nguyễn Hữu Cầu led the army to
Đồ Sơn and
Vân Đồn.
He was captured by
Phạm Đình Trọng, and executed in
Thang Long in March 1751.
See also
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Hoàng Công Chất
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*
Nguyễn Danh Phương
Nguyễn Danh Phương ( vi-hantu, 阮名芳, ?–1751) was a Vietnamese rebel leader who active in 18th-century.
Born in Yên Lạc, Sơn Tây (mordern a part of Vĩnh Yên, Vĩnh Phúc Province). He rebelled against Trịnh lord in 1740, ...
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Lê Duy Mật
Lê Duy Mật ( vi-hantu, 黎維, 1738–1767) was a Vietnamese rebel leader who was active in the 18th century.
Mật was a son of Emperor Lê Dụ Tông. In 1738, he planned a plot against the Trịnh lord together with two princes, his b ...
References
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大越史記全書續編·卷之四》
*''Giai thoại văn học Việt Nam'' - Hoàng Ngọc Phách, Kiều Thu Hoạch, Nhà xuất bản Văn học, 1988
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Việt Nam sử lược
( vi-hantu, 越南史略, french: Précis d'Histoire du Việt-Nam, lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Ki ...
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*''Khâm định Việt sử thông giám cương mục''
*''Biên niên lịch sử cổ trung đại Việt Nam'' - Viện Sử học, Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội, 1988
*''Phong trào nông dân thế kỷ 18 (ở Đàng Ngoài)'' - Nguyễn Phan Quang, 2006
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1751 deaths
Vietnamese rebels
People of Revival Lê dynasty
People from Haiphong
People executed by Vietnam
Executed Vietnamese people
1712 births