Cochinchina campaign

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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.

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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

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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