Nguyễn Hữu Cầu ( vi-hantu, 阮有求, 1712–1751) was the leader of a rebellion of

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peasantry in the 18th century.

Biography

Nguyễn Hữu Cầu was born in a poor family in Lôi Động (

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, Thanh Hà,

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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 (

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), moved to Kinh Bac,

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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.

References

*《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 *''

Việt Nam sử lược ( vi-hantu, 越南史略, , lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese language and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim. It covered the period from ...

'' *''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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Huu Cau 1751 deaths Vietnamese rebels People of Revival Lê dynasty People from Hải Dương province People executed by Vietnam Executed Vietnamese people 1712 births

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