Cochinchina

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Was a French colony in South Vietnam created after the 1862 Treaty of Saigon out of the territories occupied by the French in Vietnam during the Cochinchina campaign against the Nguyễn dynasty.

Establishment

June 1862: The war concluded with the founding of the French colony of Cochinchina. Tự Đức ceded Saigon, the island of Poulo Condor and three southern provinces of what was to become known as Cochinchina (Bien Hoa, Gia Dinh, and Dinh Tuong) to the French.

June 1862: The French established the colony of Cochinchina with the 1862 Treaty of Saigon.

Chronology

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1. Cochinchina Campaign

Was a joint military expedition by France and Spain agains the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam. The operation was started on the pretext of the persecution of Christian missionaries but led to the French occupation of territories in Vietnam that represented the initial core of French Indochina.

1.1.Treaty of Saigon

Was the war that concluded the Cochinchina campaign and created the French colony of Cochinchina.