Tự Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
Tự Đức (Hanoi: [tɨ˧˨ ɗɨk̚˧˦], Hán tự: 嗣德, lit. "inheritance of virtues", 22 September 1829 – 17 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam; he ruled from 1847 to 1883.
1829Sep, 22
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