battle, nineteenth century
Capture of Nam Định
Capture of Nam Định was a battle fought in 1883 in what is now Vietnam. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of the Tonkin Campaign, which ran from 1883 to 1886. The recorded result: French victory.
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Where it sits in the Tonkin Campaign
Record
| Date | 1883 (year precision) | |
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| Place | Vietnam 20.420N, 106.168E | |
| Kind | Battle, nineteenth century | |
| Strength | 6 gunboats; 500 marine infantry; 20 Cochinchinese riflemen; 60 sailors | 6,200 Vietnamese soldiers; 600 Chinese soldiers under Black Flag command |
| Casualties and losses | 1 gunboat lightly damaged; 4 men wounded (1 died of wounds on May 13th) | Heavy; 98 guns captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Bach Dang River AD 938, 67 km NE
- Battle of Bạch Đằng 1288, 75 km NE
- Siege of Songping AD 863, 75 km NW
- Siege of Đông Quan 1418, 75 km NW
- Battle of Hanoi 1946, 76 km NW
In the same war
Elsewhere in 1883
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- Battle of Dodota Ethiopia
Capture of Nam Định 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 Q5037041, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Capture of Nam Định (1883), revision 1370609284, 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.