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1859	French naval force seizes Saigon.
1862	Three Mekong Delta provinces round Saigon ceded to the French.
1864	Franco – Cambodian Treaty makes truncated Cambodia a protectorate.
1865	French naval ministry champions exploration of Mekong.
1866–68	Mekong Exploration Commission.
1867	French seize remaining Delta provinces.
1869	Survivors of Mekong expedition return to France.
1870	Paris besieged in Franco – Prussian War.
1872	Dupuis takes arms shipment to Yunnan up the Red River.
1873	First French intervention in Tonkin (North Vietnam); death of Garnier.

1883	New French offensive in Tonkin brings protectorate over the Annam emperor.
1885–86	British invasion and annexation of Upper Burma.
1886–91	Pavie contests Siamese (Thai) sovereignty in Laos.
1891–93	French attempt to navigate Falls of Khon; Stung Treng seized.
1893	Paknam Incident and French blockade of Bangkok. Franco-Siamese Treaty ends Siamese sovereignty in Laos.
1894–95	Pavie/Scott clash over Franco-British buffer (Muong Sing).
1896	Anglo – French Declaration secures neutrality of truncated Siam. British Burma’s claims to Muong Sing withdrawn.
1904	Franco – Siamese Convention adjusts Siam – Cambodia frontier, accords Laos west bank enclaves at Bassac and Luang Prabang.
1907	Franco – Siamese Treaty brings return to Cambodia of ‘lost provinces’ (including Angkor).

1930	Nguyen Ai Quoc (‘Ho Chi Minh’) founds Indo-Chinese Communist Party.
1942–45	Japanese overrun south-east Asia.
1945–54	First (French) Indo-China War.
1949–50	Triumph of Mao’s Communists in China. Some Chinese Nationalists (KMT) relocate in Shan states.
1954	Geneva Accords and defeat at Dien Bien Phu end French rule.
1962	Military (General Ne Win) seize power in Burma.
1963–73	CIA’s ‘Secret War’ in Laos.
1965–66	First US ground troops arrive in south Vietnam.
1967	‘Second Opium War’ as Shan, KMT and Lao drugs barons clash.
1968	500,000 US troops in Vietnam. US bombing of Cambodia begins.
1973	Paris Agreements herald withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam.
1975	Saigon falls to North Vietnamese, Phnom Penh to Khmer Rouge, and Pathet Lao triumph in Laos.
1975–79	Cambodia under Khmer Rouge.
1979	Vietnamese invade Cambodia, install puppet (Heng Samrin) regime.
1988	Burma’s military rulers suppress democratic victory (Aung San Suu Kyi).
1989	Vietnamese withdraw from Cambodia. Burma’s insurgent Communist leaders come to terms with Rangoon.
1991–93	Paris Peace Accord leads to UN deployment in Cambodia and elections.
1997	Hun Sen overthrows elected Cambodian government, engineers own mandate (1998, 2003).