siege, nineteenth century

Siege of Tourane

Name: Siege of Tourane
Start: 1858-09-01
Location: Da Nang, Vietnam

Siege of Tourane was a siege conducted on 1 September 1858 at Da Nang, in what is now Vietnam; it lasted 19 months. It was part of Q10747195. The recorded result: Vietnamese victory.

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Fought1 September 1858lasted 19 months

WhereDa Nang, Vietnam16.067N, 108.233E

OutcomeVietnamese victory

BelligerentsFrench Empire; Spanish Empire; Captaincy General of the PhilippinesagainstĐại Nam

Casualties and losses128 killed or wounded; ~300 deaths from choleraand1,000+ killed

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	1 September 1858 to 22 March 1860
Place	Da Nang, Vietnam 16.067N, 108.233E
Kind	Siege, nineteenth century
Strength	1 50-gun frigate; 2 12-gun corvettes; 5 steam-gunboats; 5 steam transports; 1 despatch vessel; 1,000 French marine infantry; 550 Spanish infantry; 450 Filipino chasseurs Tagals	2,000 men, rising to 10,000 men
Casualties and losses	128 killed or wounded; ~300 deaths from cholera	1,000+ killed
Commanders	Charles Rigault de Genouilly Théogène François Page	Nguyễn Tri Phương

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 Duc Duc 1974, 37 km S
Battle of Thượng Đức 1974, 39 km SW
Battle of Thượng Đức 1968, 39 km SW
Battle of Nam Dong 1964, 60 km W
Battle of Phú Lộc 1974, 61 km NW

In the same war

After: Battle of Ky Hoa February 1861

Elsewhere in 1858

Battle of Grahovac Montenegro
Battle of Taku Forts People's Republic of China
Siege of Jhansi India
Battle of Sanhe People's Republic of China
Battle of Four Lakes United States

Siege of Tourane 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 Q5361929, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tourane, revision 1370745941, 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.