Permanent historical factsheet

Rule of Vietnam

Vietnam · Government / Government of Vietnam. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1863–1954Date range
2Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1863

Thanh Gian Phan1863

Hanoi · Government / Government of Vietnam

Negotiates a Treaty with France agreeing to a French protectorate over Vietnam

1954

Ngo Dinh Diem1954

Geneva · Government / Government of Vietnam

Vietnam had been partitioned at the Geneva Conference after the defeat of the French Union forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, with the State of Vietnam ruling the country south of the 17th parallel

Names involved

Ngo Dinh DiemThanh Gian Phan

Provenance

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