Trương Định

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Trương Định was a 19th-century Vietnamese military leader and national hero known for leading resistance against French colonial forces in southern Vietnam.

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instanceOf Vietnamese national hero
anti-colonial resistance leader
human
military leader
allegiance Nguyễn dynasty (early career)
Vietnamese resistance forces
linked to: Vietnamese forces
areaOfOperations Gia Định region
Gò Công region
linked to: Gò Công

southern Vietnam
causeOfDeath suicide to avoid capture
centuryOfActivity 19th century
commemoratedBy schools named after him in Vietnam
statues in Vietnam
streets named after him in Vietnam
conflict French conquest of southern Vietnam
Resistance against French conquest of Cochinchina
countryOfCitizenship Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
dateOfBirth c. 1820
dateOfDeath 1864
describedBySource French colonial records
Vietnamese historical scholarship
ethnicGroup Kinh people
familyName Trương
linked to: Truong
givenName Định
linked to: Đinh
hasPartInCanonization recognized as a national hero in Vietnam
historicalRegion Cochinchina
honorificTitle Bình Tây Đại Nguyên Soái
influenced later Vietnamese nationalist movements
knownFor becoming a symbol of patriotic defiance
organizing peasant-based guerrilla warfare
languageOfWorkOrName Vietnamese
mannerOfDeath suicide
militaryBranch irregular guerrilla forces
movement Vietnamese anti-French resistance
name Trương Định
notableFor continuing armed struggle after the Nguyễn court’s capitulation
leading resistance against French colonial forces in southern Vietnam
refusing to recognize the Treaty of Saigon (1862)
occupation guerrilla leader
military officer
placeOfBirth Gia Định Province
southern Vietnam
placeOfDeath Gò Công area
linked to: Gò Công

Tân Hòa
southern Vietnam
religion likely Vietnamese folk religion
roleInHistory symbol of early Vietnamese resistance to French colonialism
sexOrGender male

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Trương Định Ward namedAfter Trương Định
Trương Định name Trương Định