Enlightenment · Southeast Asia · War

1785

Qing Vietnam Campaign

1785

Qianlong sent a Qing army into Vietnam to restore the Le dynasty against the Tay Son brothers. The Qing entered Hanoi; the Tay Son leader Nguyen Hue counterattacked on the Tet holiday, routing them at the battle of Ngoc Hoi. Humiliated, the Qing withdrew. It was counted as one of the 'Ten Great Campaigns' anyway.

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Before and after in Southeast Asia

Before: April 6, 1782: Rama I Founds Bangkok and the Chakri Dynasty
After: 1790: Tay Son Reunify Vietnam

Before and after in War

Before: April 12, 1782: Battle of the Saintes
After: August 22, 1791: Haitian Revolution Begins

Era

Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.