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Tôn Thất Thuyết

Tôn Thất Thuyết, Vietnamese mandarin (died 1913)

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Born
May 12, 1839
Age in 2026
187
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1839

About Tôn Thất Thuyết

Tôn Thất Thuyết, Courtesy name Đàm Phu (談夫), was the regent and leading mandarin of Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty. Thuyết later led the Cần Vương movement which aimed to restore Vietnamese independence under Emperor Hàm Nghi. He fled to China seeking political refuge after Hàm Nghi's capture by France, and later died in Longzhou, Guangxi. Tôn Thất Thuyết (尊室説; 12 May 1839 in Huế – 22 Sep 1913 in Longzhou), Courtesy name Đàm Phu (談夫), was the regent and leading mandarin of Emperor Tự Đức of Vietnam's Nguyễn dynasty.

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The world when Tôn Thất Thuyết was born

Tôn Thất Thuyết was born in 1839. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst Opium War begins between Britain and China
  • Technology milestonePhotography (daguerreotype) announced to the world
  • Notable inventionDaguerreotype camera
  • World population~1.19B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMartin Van Buren
  • U.S. population16.7M

1839 versus 2026

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Measure18392026
Population16.7M341 million

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