The Sino-French War was a limited conflict fought over Vietnam, which France wanted to turn into a protectorate, and which China considered a tributary state. Chinese and Vietnamese forces clashed with the French in Tonkin, in the north, and in August 1884 a French fleet destroyed the Chinese Fujian fleet at Fuzhou in a surprise attack. French forces also attacked Taiwan and the Penghu islands. On land the Chinese resisted well, and after the French retreat from Lang Son in the spring of 1885 the French prime minister Jules Ferry fell from power. Even so, the Treaty of Tientsin confirmed French control over Annam and Tonkin, and China renounced its claims to suzerainty.
Before and after
- from 13 March 1884 to 26 January 1885Siege of Khartoum
- 24 March 1884Birth of Peter Debye
- 8 May 1884Birth of Harry S. Truman
- 12 July 1884Birth of Amedeo Modigliani
- from August 1884 to April 1885Sino-French War
- 17 September 1884Discovery of 14P/Wolf
- 24 September 1884Birth of İsmet İnönü
- 11 October 1884Birth of Eleanor Roosevelt
- from 31 October 1884 to 9 November 1884Chichibu Incident
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