Gia Long (1762-1820), born Nguyễn Phúc Ánh, was an emperor of Annam. He founded the Nguyễn Dynasty, the last of the Vietnamese dynasties. 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Annam, literally meaning Pacified South, is a region of central Vietnam that fell under Chinese rule in 111 BC as Annan (安南). Known locally as Trung Bá»™, meaning Central Boundary, it was formerly a kingdom the size of Sweden with its capital at Huế. It had been seized by the French... The Nguyễn Dynasty (阮朝) was a line of rulers of Vietnam in the 19th century to mid-20th century. ... Main article: History of Vietnam This is a list of Vietnamese dynasties. ...

His uncle, Nguyễn Phúc Than (Dul Tung), lost his throne as feudal lord of southern Vietnam during the Tây Sơn peasant rebellion led by the brothers Nguyễn Huế, Nguyễn Nhac and Nguyễn Lu in 1777. Nguyễn Phúc Ánh was the only member of the Nguyễn family that survived the Tay Son victory in 1777. Ánh fled to Thailand and returned later with a Thai army in an attempt to restore himself to power by force in 1785. He was defeated by Nguyễn Huế and forced to go into hiding again. On Phú Quốc island he was helped by the French priest, Pigneau de Behaine, who helped Ánh make an alliance with the French king, Louis XVI, with the hope of helping him take control of Vietnam. Tay Son Dynasty Origin of the Tay Son The name of Tay Son is used in many ways referring back to the period of peasant rebellions and decentralized dynasty established between the eras of the Le and Nguyen dynasties. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... (August 9, 1754, Versailles – January 21, 1793, Paris) was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French in 1791–1793. ...

With the help of Behaine, Ánh gained many French mercenaries, modern western weapons, naval ships and French military advisors to teach his troops. He returned to Vietnam, taking Saigon in 1788, Qui Nhon in 1799, Huế in 1801 and finally the capital Hanoi in 1802. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Qui Nhon is a coastal city in the centre of Vietnam. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Huế (順化 in Chinese characters) is a city in Vietnam. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: Quốc Ngữ Hà Ná»™i; Chữ Nôm 河内), estimated population 3,083,800 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... --69. ...

In June, 1802 he proclaimed himself Emperor Gia Long and was recognized by China in 1804. He moved the capital to the city of Huế and named the country "Nam Viet", which was eventually changed by the Chinese to the modern name, "Viet Nam". To his Tây Sơn enemies, Gia Long was typically cruel, having them tortured, the bodies of their dead ancestors desecrated before them and executed; but to his friends he was very rewarding. He generally tolerated foreign presence in Vietnam and gave many of his French supporters high offices and titles in Vietnam. He also built the Mandarin's Road and abolished all of the reforms made by the Tây Sơn, reverting back to the Confucian monarchy copied from the days of Ming China. His legal code was almost a total copy of that used by the Qing dynasty in China at that time. The new capital city, protocol and court dress were all taken directly from Ming Dynasty styles. He also continued to have trouble with dispersed peasant revolts and claimants to the former Lê Dynasty claiming the throne. These events also caused him to turn against the foreign presence in Vietnam in his final years. 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: míng cháo) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming) survived until 1662. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing the... // Le Loi(1382-1433), emperor Le Thai To(1428-1433) Background and aspiration Lê Lợi came from a wealthy landowner family. ...