Timeline Thursday 5 June 1862

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Thursday 5 June 1862

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Events on Thursday 5 June 1862 1

1862 Treaty of Saigon signed Vietnam cedes territory to France The Nguyen dynasty ceded three southern provinces to France, establishing the colony of French Cochinchina. The treaty marked the beginning of nearly a century of French colonial rule in Vietnam.

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