Cochinchina campaign

E396246

French colonial war Spanish colonial war military campaign

The Cochinchina campaign was a mid-19th-century French and Spanish military intervention in southern Vietnam that led to the establishment of French colonial rule in the region.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
French conquest of Cochinchina	2
Cochinchina campaign canonical	1
Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)	1
French conquest of Vietnam	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial war ⓘ Spanish colonial war ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ Nguyen Vietnam ⓘ Spain ⓘ
cause	French desire for colonial expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ Nguyen court’s persecution of Christians ⓘ protection of Catholic missionaries ⓘ
commander	Admiral Léonard Charner ⓘ Charles Rigault de Genouilly ⓘ Emperor Tự Đức ⓘ surface form: Nguyen Emperor Tu Duc Nguyen Tri Phuong ⓘ
conflictType	intervention ⓘ
consequence	creation of French colony of Cochinchina ⓘ opening of southern Vietnamese ports to French trade ⓘ weakening of Nguyen dynasty control over southern Vietnam ⓘ
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nguyen dynasty Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
endTime	1862 ⓘ
historicalRegionAffected	Mekong Delta ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	French ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
location	Bien Hoa ⓘ Cochinchina ⓘ Dinh Tuong ⓘ Mỹ Tho ⓘ surface form: My Tho Saigon ⓘ Tourane ⓘ southern Vietnam ⓘ
notableEvent	French and Spanish attack on Tourane in 1858 ⓘ capture of Saigon in 1859 ⓘ negotiation of the 1862 Treaty of Saigon ⓘ siege and relief of Saigon ⓘ
partOf	French colonial expansion in Asia ⓘ Tonkin Campaign ⓘ surface form: French conquest of Vietnam
relatedTo	French Indochina ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nguyen dynasty Treaty of Saigon (1862) ⓘ colonialism in Vietnam ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ Treaty of Saigon (1862) ⓘ beginning of French colonial rule in southern Vietnam ⓘ cession of three Vietnamese provinces to France ⓘ establishment of French Cochinchina ⓘ
startTime	1858 ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → endedConflict → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → precededBy → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)

Treaty of Huế (1884) → partOf → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: French conquest of Vietnam

Emperor Tự Đức → associatedWithEvent → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: French conquest of Cochinchina

Nam Kỳ Lục Tỉnh → significantEvent → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: French conquest of Cochinchina