Historical figures in Huế

The atlas holds 6 people and 25 moments here, from 1895 to 2022. The most recorded lives are Bảo Đại, Thích Nhất Hạnh and Ngô Đình Diệm. Among them Political Leaders, across the Interwar Period and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Bảo Đại

   from 1913 to 1945

   9 moments here

   Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy, known as Bảo Đại, was the final emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty and later chief of state of the State of Vietnam.…

2. Ho Chi Minh

   from 1895 to 1908

   2 moments here

   Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

3. Ngô Đình Diệm

   from 1901 to 1933

   4 moments here

   Ngô Đình Diệm was a Vietnamese civil servant, nationalist politician, prime minister of the State of Vietnam, and first president of the Republic of…

4. Nguyễn Văn Thiệu

   from 1961 to 1968

   2 moments here

   South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…

5. Thích Nhất Hạnh

   from 1926 to 2022

   7 moments here

   Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist. Thích Nhất Hạnh helped develop engaged Buddhism, founded the Plum Village…

6. Võ Nguyên Giáp

   in 1924

   1 moment here

   Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary, and politician. Giáp was a leading commander of the Việt Minh and the People’s Army of Vietnam, served…

Moments

1. 1895 Study in Huế Ho Chi Minh
2. 1901 Birth in Huế Ngô Đình Diệm
3. 1908 Admission to Collège Quốc học Ho Chi Minh
4. 1913 Birth at Doan-Trang-Vien Palace Bảo Đại
5. 1921 Civil-service posting in Thừa Thiên Ngô Đình Diệm
6. 1924 Student at Quốc Học Võ Nguyên Giáp
7. 1926 Enthronement as Bảo Đại Bảo Đại
8. 1926 Birth in Huế Thích Nhất Hạnh
9. 1932 Residence at Kiến Trung Palace Bảo Đại
10. 1932 Return to Huế by rail Bảo Đại
11. 1933 Private life under surveillance Ngô Đình Diệm
12. 1933 Interior minister at the Huế court Ngô Đình Diệm
13. 1934 Marriage to Nam Phương Bảo Đại
14. 1942 Novice monk at Từ Hiếu Thích Nhất Hạnh
15. 1945 Independence declaration meeting Bảo Đại
16. 1945 Abdication edict at Kiến Trung Palace Bảo Đại
17. 1945 Public abdication ceremony Bảo Đại
18. 1945 Departure for Hanoi as supreme adviser Bảo Đại
19. 1955 Editor in Huế Thích Nhất Hạnh
20. 1961 Command of the 1st Division Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
21. 1966 Lamp transmission at Từ Hiếu Thích Nhất Hạnh
22. 1968 Huế massacre memorial rites Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
23. 2005 Return to root temple Thích Nhất Hạnh
24. 2018 Final return to Từ Hiếu Thích Nhất Hạnh
25. 2022 Death at Từ Hiếu Temple Thích Nhất Hạnh

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