Timeline : French Indochina

1)1858	1) French, Spanish troops took Tourane (Da Nang)
2)1859-1863	2)France occupied, annexed Cochin China
3)1863	3)France proclaimed a protectorate over Cambodia
4)1867	4) Franco-Siamese Treaty; France recognized Battambang, Siem Reap Provinces to be Siamese
5)1873-1874	5)French forces temporarily occupied Red River Delta, Hanoi
6)1883-1885	6)Sino-French War; French annexation of Annam, Tonkin
7) 1887	7) Cochin China, Cambodia, Annam and Tonkin formed French Indochina
8)1889	8)Administration of French Indochina moved from Ministry of the Marine to Ministry of Commerce
9)1891	9)Decree defined authority of Governor-General
10) 1893	10)France forced Siam to recognize French (Vietnamese) sovereignty over Laos
11)1898	11)China granted concession at Kwangchowan to France
12)1898	12)Indochina was made a political and financial unit
13)1898	13)Ecole Française d'Extreme Orient founded at Saigon
14)1899-1902	14)Construction of the railroad line Haiphong-Yunnanfu (Kunming)
15)1904	15)Siam ceded Vientiane to French Indochina
16) 1907	16)Franco-Siamese Treaty; Siam ceded provinces of Battambang, Siem Reap to French Indochina
17)1940	17)Matsuoka-Henry-Pact; France agreed to the stationing of Japanese troops in French Indochina
18)1941	18)Franco-Thai War
19)1941	19)France ceded Battambang, Siem Reap Prov., Vientiane to Thailand
20)1944	20)The Japanese disarmed the French; Vietnam, Luang Prabang,
21)1945	21)Cambodia declares "independence" Japanese surrender; N Vietnam occupied by Nationalist Chinese, S Vietnam by the British
22)1945	22)French administration reestablished
23)1946	23)French Indochina War
24 )1946	24)France returned concessions at Kwangchowan, Shanghai to China
25)1946-1954	25)Thailand ceded Battambang, Siem Reap, Vientiane to French Indochina
26)1954	26)French defeat in Battle of Dien Bien Phu; Indochina dissolved, Laos, Cambodia, N Vietnam and S Vietnam released into independence