naval engagement, nineteenth century

Capture of My Tho

Name: Capture of My Tho
Start: 1861-04-12
Location: Mỹ Tho, Vietnam

Capture of My Tho was a naval engagement fought on 12 April 1861 at Mỹ Tho, in what is now Vietnam. It was part of Q10747195. The recorded result: Franco-Spanish victory.

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Fought12 April 1861

WhereMỹ Tho, Vietnam10.356N, 106.363E

OutcomeFranco-Spanish victory

BelligerentsFrench Empire; Spanish Empire; Captaincy General of the PhilippinesagainstNguyễn dynasty

Part ofQ10747195

Where it sits in Q10747195

4 placed engagements of Q10747195 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	12 April 1861
Place	Mỹ Tho, Vietnam 10.356N, 106.363E
Kind	Naval engagement, nineteenth century
Commanders	François Page

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút 1785, 4.6 km SW
Battle of Bến Tre 1968, 13 km S
Battle of Ap Bac 1963, 21 km NW
Capture of Vinh Long 1862, 45 km W
Battle of Tri Phap 1974, 50 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Ky Hoa February 1861
After: Capture of Vinh Long 22 March 1862

Elsewhere in 1861

Battle of Fort Sumter United States
First Battle of Bull Run United States
Battle of Wilson's Creek United States
Battle of Belmont United States
Battle of Big Bethel United States

Capture of My Tho is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 140 in present-day Vietnam.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q5037043, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Mỹ Tho, revision 1384740182, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.