ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of French Indochina </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> French Indochina <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xfrindochina.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xfrindochina.html"> <img src = "../banners/banindochina.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on December 20th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : French Indochina </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1858 <BR> 1859-1863 <BR> 1863 <BR> 1867 <BR><BR> 1873-1874 <BR> 1883-1885 <BR> 1887 <BR> 1889 <BR><BR> 1891 <BR> 1893 <BR><BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1898 <BR> 1899-1902 <BR> 1904 <BR> 1907 <BR><BR> 1940 <BR><BR> 1941 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1945 <BR><BR> 1945 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1946 <BR> 1946-1954 <BR> 1947 <BR><BR> 1954 <BR><BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> French, Spanish troops took Tourane (Da Nang) <BR> France occupied, annexed <A HREF = "tlcochinchina.html">Cochin China</A> <BR> France proclaimed a protectorate over Cambodia <BR> Franco-Siamese Treaty; France recognized Battambang, Siem Reap <BR> Provinces to be Siamese <BR> French forces temporarily occupied Red River Delta, Hanoi <BR> Sino-French War; French annexation of <A HREF = "tlannam.html">Annam</A>, <A HREF = "tltonkin.html">Tonkin</A> <BR> <A HREF = "tlcochinchina.html">Cochin China</A>, Cambodia, <A HREF = "tlannam.html">Annam</A> and <A HREF = "tltonkin.html">Tonkin</A> formed French Indochina <BR> Administration of French Indochina moved from Ministry of the Marine <BR> to Ministry of Commerce <BR> ecree defind authority of Governor-Genral <BR> France forced Siam to recognize French (Vietnamese) sovereignty <BR> over Laos <BR> China granted concession at <A HREF = "../china/tlkwangchowan.html">Kwangchowan</A> to France <BR> Indochina was made a political and financial unit <BR> Ecole Fran&ccedil;aise d'Extreme Orient founded at Saigon <BR> Construction of the railroad line Haiphong-Yunnanfu (Kunming) <BR> Siam ceded Vientiane to French Indochina <BR> Franco-Siamese Treaty; Siam ceded provinces of Battambang, Siem <BR> Reap to French Indochina <BR> Matsuoka-Henry-Pact; France agreed to the stationing of Japanese <BR> troops in French Indochina <BR> Franco-Thai War <BR> France ceded Battambang, Siem Reap Prov., Vientiane to Thailand <BR> The Japanse disarmed the French; Vietnam, Luang Prabang, <BR> Cambodia declared "independence" <BR> Japanese surrender; N Vietnam occupied by Nationalist Chinese, <BR> S Vietnam by the British <BR> French administration reestablished <BR> French Indochina War <BR> France returned concessions at <A HREF = "../china/tlkwangchowan.html">Kwangchowan</A>, Shanghai to China <BR> Thailand ceded Battambang, Siem Reap, Vientiane to French <BR> Indochina <BR> French defeat in Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Indochina dissolved, <BR> Laos, Cambodia, N Vietnam and S Vietnam released into <BR> independence <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Article Indochina, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indochina"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Banknotes of French Indochina, from <A HREF = "http://www.banknotes.com/fic.htm"><B>World Currency Museum</B></A> <BR> Flag of Indochina, from <A HREF = "http://flagspot.net/flags/vn-inchn.html"><B>FOTW</B></A> <BR> Article French Indo-China, from <A HREF = "http://1911encyclopedia.org/I%5CIN%5CINDO_CHINA_FRENCH.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Article Indo-China, from <A HREF = "http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07765a.htm"><B>Catholivc Encyclopedia</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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