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Was the last Vietnamese dynasty, which succeeded to the Tây Sơn Dynasty in 1802. At the end of the XIX century Vietnam became part of French Indochina.
Establishment
June 1802: The dynastic rule began with Gia Long ascending the throne in 1802, after ending the previous Tây Sơn dynasty.
Chronology
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Were a series of armed conflicts between the Siamese Ayutthaya Kingdom and Rattanakosin Kingdom and the various dynasties of Vietnam mainly during the 18th and 19th centuries.
1.1.Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-34)
Was a war between the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam and the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam caused by the Siamese attempt to conquer Cambodia and southern Vietnam.
1.1.1.Siamese Invasion
Was a large-scale Siamese invasion of Vietnam during the Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-1834) and the Siamese-Vietnamese War (1841-1845).
February 1833: The Siamese reached the Vàm Nao Canal or Thuận Cảng Canal in January 1833.
February 1833: In 1833, the Siamese forces, led by King Rama III, quickly took control of Hà Tiên, a territory that was previously under the rule of the Nguyễn dynasty in Vietnam. This military occupation marked a significant shift in power dynamics in the region.
February 1833: In 1833, Phraklang, the Siamese military leader, led his fleet up the Vĩnh Tế Canal and captured Châu Đốc in An Giang Province. This marked the beginning of Siam's military occupation of the territory.
November 1841: The Vietnamese retreated in front of the invadinf Siamese forces, leaving Cambodia in Siamese hands. Vietnamese Viceroy Trương Minh Giảng evacuated Phnom Penh and committed suicide.
February 1842: At the An Giang front, Chao Phraya Yommaraj Bunnag and Prince Ang Duong had led Siamese armies in January 1842 to take the Vĩnh Tế Canal and An Giang province, penetrating into Hậu Giang Province.
May 1842: Tôn Thất Nghị and Nguyễn Công Nhân pushed the Siamese back. The Siamese were defeated at Châu Đốc.
1.1.2.Vietnamese offensives
Were a series of offensive by the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty against the Siamese invasion during the Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-1834).
March 1834: Phraklang retreated further to Hà Tiên through the Vĩnh Tế Canal.
March 1834: After the Battle of Vàm Nao, the Siamese retreated to Châu Đốc in february 1834.
April 1834: The Vietnamese led by Trương Minh Giảng reconquered Châu Đốc and Hà Tiên, causing the Siamese army to evacuate all the occupied territories.
July 1834: Siamese army to capture Muang Phuan, defeating the Vietnamese forces.
1.2.Siamese-Vietnamese War (1841-45)
Was a war between the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam and the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Siam caused by the Siamese attempt to conquer Cambodia and southern Vietnam.
June 1845: In 1845, Doãn Uẩn, a general of the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam, captured Kampong Trabaek, a strategic territory in Cambodia. This event marked the expansion of Nguyễn Dynasty's influence in the region.
October 1845: Nguyễn Tri Phương, a prominent military leader of the Nguyễn Dynasty, successfully captured the city of Phnom Penh.
January 1846: After four years of attritious struggle, Siam and Vietnam agreed to a compromise peace and placed Cambodia under joint rule.
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.
February 1859: In 1859, Saigon was captured by a Franco-Spanish flotilla.
November 1859: A joint Franco-Spanish expedition under the command of Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly captured Tourane (Da Nang) in September 1858.
March 1860: French admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly was besieged in the city of Da Nangby the Vietnamese and forced eventually to evacuate it in March 1860.
April 1861: Joint French and Spanish forces captured Mỹ Tho.
December 1861: Joint French and Spanish forces captured Biên Hòa.
March 1862: Joint French and Spanish forces captured Vĩnh Long.
2.1.Treaty of Saigon
Was the war that concluded the Cochinchina campaign and created the French colony of Cochinchina.
June 1862: The French established the colony of Cochinchina with the 1862 Treaty of Saigon.
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.
Was a French military campaign to conquer Tonkin and Annam, in Vietnam, that became French protectorates.
3.1.Rivière's Expedition
Was a military expedition of French officer Henri Rivière to conquer Tonkin and Annam during the Tonkin Campaign.
April 1882: The French army under Rivière captured the citadel of Hanoi, capital of Tonkin.
May 1882: In 1882, the Tonkin region was returned to the Nguyễn Dynasty in Vietnam. The Citadel, a fortified structure, was handed back to the Vietnamese control after being under French occupation during the Tonkin Campaign.
March 1883: General Alexandre-Eugène Bouët led the 520 infantry troops from France to occupy the citadel of Nam Dinh in 1883 during the French military occupation of the territory. Bouët was a prominent French military leader known for his role in the colonization of Vietnam.
July 1883: The French position in Tonkin on Bouët's arrival in early June 1883 was extremely precarious. The French had only small garrisons in Hanoi, Haiphong and Nam Định, isolated posts at Hon Gai and at Qui Nhơn in Annam.
3.2.Treaty of Huế
The 1883 and 1884 Treaties of Huế divided the remaining Vietnamese territory into the French protectorates of Annam and Tonkin under nominal Nguyen dynasty rule.
August 1883: The 1883 and 1884 Treaties of Huế divided the remaining Vietnamese territory into the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin under nominal Nguyen dynasty rule.
January 1821: Expansion of the Qing Dynasty by 1820 after the so-called "Ten Great Campaigns".
January 1833: The last remaining principality of Champa, Panduranga, reigned until 1832.
January 1833: The Principality of Hà Tiên (Vietnam) was annexed by the Nguyễn Dynasty.
January 1833: The Nguyễnn Lords of Hue by diplomacy and by force wrested the southernmost territory from Cambodia, completing the "March to the South".
January 1835: Siamese-Vietnamese War (1831-1834): Upon the outbreak of a general uprising in Cambodia (and Laos) the Siamese army withdrew and Vietnam was left in control of Cambodia.
August 1863: With the establishment of the French protectorate, the borders of Cambodia wer fixed. Several minor territories were de facto annexed by the Rattanakosin Kingdom and by Vietnam.
August 1863: The protectorate was established in 1863 when the Cambodian King Norodom requested the establishment of a French protectorate over his country, meanwhile Siam (modern Thailand) renounced suzerainty over Cambodia and officially recognised the French protectorate on Cambodia.
January 1865: After the Taiping Rebellion was crushed in 1864, one of the rebel groups, Chinese marauders of the Ho - a so-called flag gang - fled to Tonking on the upper part of the Red River. There the Black Flags under Liu Yongfu controlled the course of the river between Sơn Tây and Lào Cai and achieved a certain independence.
Disestablishment
March 1883: General Alexandre-Eugène Bouët led the 520 infantry troops from France to occupy the citadel of Nam Dinh in 1883 during the French military occupation of the territory. Bouët was a prominent French military leader known for his role in the colonization of Vietnam.
July 1883: The French position in Tonkin on Bouët's arrival in early June 1883 was extremely precarious. The French had only small garrisons in Hanoi, Haiphong and Nam Định, isolated posts at Hon Gai and at Qui Nhơn in Annam.
August 1883: The 1883 and 1884 Treaties of Huế divided the remaining Vietnamese territory into the protectorates of Annam and Tonkin under nominal Nguyen dynasty rule.
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