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The Treaty of Saigon (, , referring to the year of "Yang Water Dog" in the
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) was signed on 5 June 1862 between representatives of the French Empire and the last precolonial emperor of the House of Nguyen, Emperor
Tự Đức Tự Đức (, vi-hantu, 嗣 德, lit. "inheritance of virtues", 22 September 1829 – 19 July 1883) (personal name: Nguyễn Phúc Hồng Nhậm , also Nguyễn Phúc Thì) was the fourth emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam; he ruled ...
. Based on the terms of the accord, Tự Đức ceded Saigon, the island of Poulo Condor and three southern provinces of what was to become known as
Cochinchina Cochinchina or Cochin-China (, ; vi, Đàng Trong (17th century - 18th century, Việt Nam (1802-1831), Đại Nam (1831-1862), Nam Kỳ (1862-1945); km, កូសាំងស៊ីន, Kosăngsin; french: Cochinchine; ) is a historical exony ...
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, and Dinh Tuong) to the French. The treaty was confirmed by the Treaty of Hué signed on 14 April 1863.


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References


Saigon, Treaty of, Encyclopædia Britannica 2006, Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service. 30 March 2006
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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20050404054723/http://oferriere.free.fr/Jours/jours06/jours0605.htm C'est arrivé un jour – 5 Juin {{Nguyễn dynasty topics 1862 in Vietnam 1862 in France 19th century in Vietnam Saigon Treaties of the Second French Empire Treaties of the Nguyen dynasty France–Vietnam relations 1862 in the French colonial empire Saigon