{"slug": "french-indochina", "label": "French Indochina", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Indochina", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185682", "qid": "Q185682", "description": "federal state in Southeast Asia", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1861, 1940], "span_label": ["1861 CE", "1940 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vietnam", "label": "Vietnam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanoi", "label": "Hanoi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1861, "year_label": "1861 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – In southern French Indochina, resistance forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực ambush, board and sink the French lorcha (boat) L'Esperance on the Nhat Tao canal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368946725#December", "title": "1861", "revid": 1368946725, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1887, "year_label": "1887 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – French Indochina was established, comprising (Lower) Cochinchina, (Upper) Annam, Tonkin, and Cambodia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363052310#October", "title": "1887", "revid": 1363052310, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 27", "text": "May 27 – The territory of Guangzhouwan is leased by China to France, according to the Treaty of 12 April 1892, as the Territoire de Kouang-Tchéou-Wan, forming part of French Indochina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#May", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – France adds the Kingdom of Laos, a protectorate since 1893, to the existing colony of French Indochina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#April", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The capital of French Indochina is moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#Date_unknown", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1902, "year_label": "1902 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "November 15", "text": "November 15 – The Hanoi exhibition opens in French Indochina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373318639#November", "title": "1902", "revid": 1373318639, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Supporters of Phan Xích Long begin a revolt against colonial rule in French Indochina.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#March", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#February", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – French Indochina in World War II: Japan and the colonial Vichy government of French Indochina sign an agreement permitting certain numbers of Japanese troops into the country (with rights for three airfields) to blockade China. There immediately follows a Japanese invasion of French Indochina, in which a group of Japanese officers take Đồng Đăng and Lam Sơn, with 40 Franco-Vietnamese troops killed and around 1,000 deserting. Fighting dies down on September 26.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#September", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › September"}}]}