French Indochina
federal state in Southeast Asia
9 dated entries naming French Indochina, drawn from 8 separate years between 1861 CE and 1940 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1861December 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.source
- 1887October 17 – French Indochina was established, comprising (Lower) Cochinchina, (Upper) Annam, Tonkin, and Cambodia.source
- 1898May 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.source
- 1899April 19 – France adds the Kingdom of Laos, a protectorate since 1893, to the existing colony of French Indochina.source
20th century
- 1902The capital of French Indochina is moved from Saigon (in Cochinchina) to Hanoi (Tonkin).source
- 1902November 15 – The Hanoi exhibition opens in French Indochina.source
- 1913March 23 – Supporters of Phan Xích Long begin a revolt against colonial rule in French Indochina.source
- 1930February 10 – The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng launch the Yên Bái mutiny in the hope of ending French colonial rule in Vietnam.source
- 1940September 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.source