Treaty of Saigon (1862)

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The Treaty of Saigon (1862) was an agreement that ended the first phase of the French conquest of Vietnam, ceding parts of southern Vietnam (Cochinchina) to France and marking the start of formal French colonial rule there.

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Treaty of Saigon (1862) canonical 8
1862 Treaty of Saigon 1
Treaty of Saigon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
historical event
peace treaty
alsoKnownAs Treaty of Saigon (1862)
surface form: 1862 Treaty of Saigon

Treaty of Saigon (1862)
surface form: Treaty of Saigon
cededRegion eastern part of Cochinchina
cededTerritory Biên Hòa
surface form: Biên Hòa Province

Côn Lôn Islands
Gia Định Province
Saigon
Định Tường Province
cededTo France
colonialContext French colonization of Indochina
colonialPower France
countryAffected France
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
dateSigned 1862-06-05
endedConflict Cochinchina campaign
first phase of the French conquest of Vietnam
followedBy Treaty of Huế (1884)
surface form: Treaty of Huế (1863)

Treaty of Saigon (1874)
grantedRights freedom of missionary activity for French and Spanish Catholic missionaries
freedom of trade for French merchants in specified Vietnamese ports
historicalRegionAffected Cochinchina
Southeast region of Vietnam
surface form: Southern Vietnam
imposedObligation opening of additional Vietnamese ports to French trade
war indemnity to be paid by the Nguyễn dynasty to France and Spain
language Classical Chinese
French
localDynasty Nguyễn dynasty
locationSigned Cochinchina
Saigon
Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam
longTermImpact establishment of French Cochinchina as a colony
weakening of Nguyễn imperial authority in southern Vietnam
party Emperor Tự Đức
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
surface form: Napoleon III
precededBy Cochinchina campaign
surface form: Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)
result beginning of formal French colonial rule in Cochinchina
cession of territory in southern Vietnam to France
recognition of French sovereignty over parts of Cochinchina
signatory Protectorate of Annam
surface form: Empire of Annam

France
Nguyễn dynasty
Second Empire of France
surface form: Second French Empire
subjectOf Vietnamese colonial history scholarship
studies of French imperialism in Southeast Asia
yearSigned 1862

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Cochinchina event Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Treaty of Saigon (1862) alsoKnownAs Treaty of Saigon (1862)
this entity surface form: Treaty of Saigon
Treaty of Saigon (1862) alsoKnownAs Treaty of Saigon (1862)
this entity surface form: 1862 Treaty of Saigon
Treaty of Saigon (1874) follows Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Treaty of Saigon (1874) precededBy Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Emperor Tự Đức associatedWithEvent Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Cochinchina campaign result Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Cochinchina campaign relatedTo Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Tự Đức signedTreaty Treaty of Saigon (1862)
Nam Kỳ Lục Tỉnh significantEvent Treaty of Saigon (1862)
this entity surface form: Treaty of Saigon 1862