Sino-French War
1884 CE – 1885 CE · 1 year
France fought to establish its protectorate over northern Vietnam against Chinese opposition. Despite a shocking French defeat at Lạng Sơn that toppled the French government, the Treaty of Tientsin gave France control of Tonkin.
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Sino-French War on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- French Republic
- Qing Dynasty China & Black Flag Army
Key moments
Defining events in the Sino-French War.
- 1884 Battle of Fuzhou
- 1885 Battle of Lạng Sơn
- 1885 Battle of Zhenhai
Elsewhere in East Asia at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · East Asia
Yakushima
3000 BCE – still standing.svg/500px-Flag_of_China_(1889%E2%80%931912).svg.png)
Polity · East Asia
Manchu Empire
Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE
Trade route · East Asia
Tea Horse Road
700 CE – 1950 CE
Conflict · East Asia
Anglo-Burmese Wars
1824 CE – 1885 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Great Wall of China
700 BCE – still standing
Polity · East Asia
Russia
Founded 1263 CE · attested to 2026 CEConflict · East Asia
Dutch–Aceh War
1873 CE – 1914 CE
Landmark · East Asia
Ha Long Bay
3000 BCE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1884 CE and 1885 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Sino-French WarPHGCOM · CC BY-SA 4.0
- YakushimaNASA · Public domain
- Flag of China (1889–1912)Original: zh:清朝政府 Vector: Sodacan · Public domain
- Tea Horse RoadRedgeographics · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Anglo-Burmese WarsWilloughby Wallace Hooper · Public domain
- Great Wall of ChinaSeverin.stalder · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- Hạ Long BayTaewangkorea · CC BY-SA 4.0
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