{"slug": "french-colonial-empire", "label": "French colonial empire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_colonial_empire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179023", "qid": "Q179023", "description": "set of territories that were under French rule primarily from the 17th century to the late 1960s", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1565, 1941], "span_label": ["1565 CE", "1941 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["French colony"], "related": [{"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ho-chi-minh-city", "label": "Ho Chi Minh City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nguyen-dynasty", "label": "Nguyễn dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vietnam-war", "label": "Vietnam War", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "viet-cong", "label": "Viet Cong", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mississippi-river", "label": "Mississippi River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gulf-of-mexico", "label": "Gulf of Mexico", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rene-robert-cavelier-sieur-de-la-salle", "label": "René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "british-empire", "label": "British Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – The Spanish fleet of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés lands in Florida to oust the French under Jean Ribault. He later destroys the French colony of Fort Caroline.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#July–September", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle sails again from France, with a large expedition designed to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366005630#July–September", "title": "1684", "revid": 1366005630, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1761, "year_label": "1761 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – In India, the Siege of Pondicherry ends as the British Empire captures Pondichéry from the French colonial empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369831762#January–March", "title": "1761", "revid": 1369831762, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – Treaty of Saigon: Emperor Tự Đức of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam cedes Saigon, Côn Sơn Island and three southern provinces of what is to become known as French Cochinchina (Biên Hòa, Gia Định and Định Tường) to become part of the French colonial empire. Guerilla leader Trương Định refuses to recognize the treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#June", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 14", "text": "April 14 – The Treaty of Huế is signed between Vietnam and the French Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#April", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – The Viet Minh is formed at Pác Bó in Vietnam, to overthrow French rule of the nation, as an alliance between the Indochina Communist party, led by Ho Chi Minh, and the Nationalist party. It will become the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#May", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Events › May"}}]}