French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, which brought together Cochinchina, Annam and Tonkin, in what is now Vietnam, with Cambodia, and later Laos. It was run from Hanoi, and the French economy there depended on rubber plantations, rice exports and mining, with heavy taxation and forced labour. Nationalist movements grew, including the communist Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh. During the Second World War, Japan occupied the territory while leaving the Vichy French administration in place at first. After the war the French tried to regain control, which led to the First Indochina War and their defeat at Dien Bien Phu, and the Geneva Accords ended French rule.
Before and after
- 16 October 1886Birth of David Ben-Gurion
- 18 November 1886Death of Chester A. Arthur
- 8 December 1886Birth of Diego Rivera
- 1887Michelson–Morley experiment
- from 1887 to 1954French Indochina
- 1887Founding of Celtic F.C.
- 1887Establishment of Tongariro National Park
- 1887Founding of Nice Observatory
- 1887Heinrich Hertz generates radio waves
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