1782 Saigon massacre

hist December 2024December 2024 Saigon massacre Saigon, modern-day Ho Chi Minh City Chinese 1782 4,000–20,000 Unknown The Vietnamese Tây Sơn forces under Nguyễn Nhạc The 1782 Saigon Massacre was a massacre of ethnic Chinese carried out by the Vietnamese Tây Sơn rebels under the leadership of Nguyễn Nhạc in 1782 in the city of Saigon, which is modern-day Ho Chi Minh City. During the early phase of the Vietnamese civil war of 1771–1802, many Chinese formed a military group called the Hoà Nghĩa army that fought for the Nguyen lord who was the Tây Sơn's enemy. In 1782 the Tây Sơn led by Nguyễn Nhạc launched an attack on Saigon and succeeded in capturing the city. However, one of Nhạc's key lieutenants was killed by an ethnic Chinese general fighting for the Nguyen. Nhạc decided to clean out Chinese settlers in Saigon.Choi 2004 37 Tây Sơn troops burned and pillaged the shops of Chinese merchants and massacred thousands of Chinese residents. This was more generally reflected by Tây Sơn's anger at the increasing support given by the Chinese community to their Nguyen rivals. After this victory, the Tây Sơn leaders returned north in June, leaving the city in the hands of their lieutenants.Dutton 2006 45 Estimates of the Chinese civilian death toll range from 4,000 to 20,000.Dutton 2006 203Trần 1993 19 References 30em Bibliography George Edson Dutton The Tây Sơn uprising: society and rebellion in eighteenth-century Vietnam University of Hawaii Press 0-8248-2984-0 2006 Choi Byung Wook Southern Vietnam Under the Reign of Minh Mạng (1820-1841): Central Policies and Local Response 2004 SEAP Publications 978-0-87727-138-3 Trần Khánh The Ethnic Chinese and Economic Development in Vietnam 1993 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 9789813016668 Vietnam Category:Tây Sơn wars Category:Massacres in the 1780s Category:Massacres in Vietnam Category:China–Vietnam relations Category:Anti-Chinese violence in Asia Category:1782 in Southeast Asia Category:18th century in Vietnam Category:Hoa people Category:Military history of Saigon Category:1782 murders in Asia Category:Massacres of Chinese people