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    Victor Olivier de Puymanel (1768 in Carpentras – 1799 in Malacca), Nguyễn Văn Tín (阮文信) or Ông Tín in Vietnamese, was a French construction officer and...
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    Phúc Ánh. In 1792, Olivier de Puymanel was commanding an army of 600 men who had been trained with European techniques. Puymanel is said to have trained...
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    Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym, (1765–1851), author and demonologist Victor Olivier de Puymanel (1768–1799), French Navy volunteer...
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    contraptions. In 1792, Olivier de Puymanel was commanding an army of 600 men who had been trained with European techniques. Puymanel is alleged to have help...
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    Gia Định, or Thành Bát Quái ("Eight Diagrams") was built by Victor Olivier de Puymanel, one of the Nguyễn Ánh's French mercenaries. The citadel was captured...
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    who supervised the construction of bronze-plated naval vessels. Olivier de Puymanel was responsible for training the army and the construction of fortifications...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    of artillery, and implemented European infantry methods. In 1790, Olivier de Puymanel, a former officer of the Dryade who has deserted in Poulo Condor...
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    the governor of Cochin China, and a close confidant of Gia Long and Pigneau de Behaine, Minh Mạng agreed to release the priests on the condition that they...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    were recruited included Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau, Philippe Vannier, Olivier de Puymanel, and Jean-Marie Dayot. A total of twenty people joined Ánh's army...
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    people. A large Vauban citadel called Gia Định was built by Victor Olivier de Puymanel, one of the Nguyễn Ánh's French mercenaries. The citadel was later...
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    captured Saigon, where Pigneaux died in 1799. Another volunteer, Victor Olivier de Puymanel would later build the Gia Định fort in central Saigon. [citation...
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    Alexandre de Rhodes. Various traders would visit Vietnam during the 18th century, until the major involvement of French forces under Pigneau de Béhaine...
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    forces and introduce their technological expertise to the war effort. Olivier de Puymanel was responsible for the construction of fortifications. One of Nguyễn...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    several forts. Some of these dated from the period of Pigneau de Béhaine and Olivier de Puymanel, but they were all in good condition, 'very superior', said...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    scholars thought he was an English person.: 110  Barisy was a friend of Olivier de Puymanel. He entered Nguyễn Ánh's service in 1793, and spent most of his time...
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  • followers. Later, Nguyễn Ánh became Emperor Gia Long and gave her the royal title Đệ Tam Cung (roughly Third Wife or Third Concubine). Bình had with emperor Gia...
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    situated in Diên Khánh Townlet. The Citadel was built by French officer Olivier de Puymanel for Nguyễn Ánh in 1793 with an area of 36,000 square meters according...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    men. In 1788, the tide began to turn in favour of the Nguyễn, after Pigneau de Behaine, a French Catholic priest who befriended Nguyễn Ánh in the hope that...
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    seven, he famously visited France with the French Catholic Father Pigneau de Béhaine to sign an alliance between France and Vietnam. Although Prince Cảnh...
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  • posthumously gave him the title Nhân Minh Cẩn Hậu Khoan Dụ Ôn Hòa Hiếu Khang Hoàng Đế (仁明謹厚寬裕溫和孝康皇帝). Nguyễn Phúc Luân had three wives: Nguyễn Thị Hoàn - mother...
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    Chaigneau was among the soldiers who were gathered by Father Pierre Pigneau de Behaine to support the efforts of Nguyễn Phúc Ánh to conquer Vietnam. He came...
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    Bissachère, Pierre Jacques Lamonnier de La (1812). Etat actuel du Tunkin, de la Cochinchine, et des royaumes de Camboge, Laos et Lac-tho (in French)....
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  • Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    Nguyễn Ánh Pierre Pigneau de Behaine Jean-Baptiste Chaigneau Philippe Vannier Jean-Marie Dayot Olivier de Puymanel Théodore Lebrun De Forçant Laurent André...
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    annually but also sent tributes to Huế triennially. Cambodia then came under de facto Vietnamese influence, which would remain so until the Siamese-Vietnamese...
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