Nguyen dynasty
| Nguyễn Dynasty | ||||||||||||||
| House of Nguyễn 阮朝 |
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| Empire, Kingdom Protectorate of France (from 1885) |
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Anthem Đăng dàn cung |
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 Vietnam in 1829 under the reign of emperor Minh Mạng
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| Capital | Huế | |||||||||||||
| Languages | Vietnamese, French (after 1887) | |||||||||||||
| Religion | Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism, Catholicism | |||||||||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | |||||||||||||
| Emperor | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1802–1820 | Gia Long (first) | ||||||||||||
| • | 1926–1945 | Bảo Đại (last) | ||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| • | Coronation of Gia Long | 1 June 1802 | ||||||||||||
| • | French invasion | 1 September 1858 | ||||||||||||
| • | Japanese invasion | 22 September 1940 | ||||||||||||
| • | Abdication of Bảo Đại | 30 August 1945 | ||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||
| • | 1830 | 575,000 km² (222,009 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| • | 1860 | 380,000 km² (146,719 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Văn (Sapèque), Tiền | |||||||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Vietnam Laos Cambodia China
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Flag of the Nguyễn dynasty
Top: from 1802 to 1878
Bottom: from 1920 to 1945
The Nguyễn dynasty (Vietnamese: Nhà Nguyễn; Hán-Nôm: , Nguyễn triều) was the last ruling family of Vietnam. Their rule lasted a total of 143 years. It began in 1802 when Emperor Gia Long ascended the throne after defeating the Tây Sơn dynasty and ended in 1945 when Bảo Đại abdicated the throne and transferred power to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. During the reign of Emperor Gia Long, the nation officially became known as Việt Nam (越南), but from the reign of emperor Minh Mạng on, the nation was renamed Đại Nam (大南, literally "Great South"). Their rule was marked by the increasing influence of French colonialism; the nation was eventually partitioned into three, Cochinchina became a French colony while Annam and Tonkin became protectorates which were independent in name only.
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