Cochinchina campaign

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French colonial war Spanish colonial war military campaign

The Cochinchina campaign was a mid-19th-century French and Spanish military intervention in southern Vietnam that led to the establishment of French colonial rule in the region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
French conquest of Cochinchina	2
Cochinchina campaign canonical	1
Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)	1
French conquest of Vietnam	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3872484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cochinchina campaign
Context triple: [Treaty of Saigon (1862), endedConflict, Cochinchina campaign]

A. Pleiku Campaign
The Pleiku Campaign was a major 1965 U.S. and South Vietnamese military operation in the Vietnam War’s Central Highlands, marking the first large-scale conventional clashes between American and North Vietnamese forces.
B. French Forces in Indochina
The French Forces in Indochina were the colonial military forces of France engaged in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1946 to 1954.
C. Nguyen Hue Offensive
The Nguyen Hue Offensive, better known as the Easter Offensive, was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
D. Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a decisive 1954 confrontation in Vietnam in which Viet Minh forces defeated the French, leading to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina.
E. Battle of An Lộc
The Battle of An Lộc was a major 1972 Vietnam War engagement in which South Vietnamese and U.S. forces successfully defended the town of An Lộc against a large-scale North Vietnamese assault.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cochinchina campaign
Target entity description: The Cochinchina campaign was a mid-19th-century French and Spanish military intervention in southern Vietnam that led to the establishment of French colonial rule in the region.

A. Pleiku Campaign
The Pleiku Campaign was a major 1965 U.S. and South Vietnamese military operation in the Vietnam War’s Central Highlands, marking the first large-scale conventional clashes between American and North Vietnamese forces.
B. French Forces in Indochina
The French Forces in Indochina were the colonial military forces of France engaged in the First Indochina War against the Viet Minh across Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1946 to 1954.
C. Nguyen Hue Offensive
The Nguyen Hue Offensive, better known as the Easter Offensive, was a major 1972 North Vietnamese conventional military campaign against South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
D. Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was a decisive 1954 confrontation in Vietnam in which Viet Minh forces defeated the French, leading to the end of French colonial rule in Indochina.
E. Battle of An Lộc
The Battle of An Lộc was a major 1972 Vietnam War engagement in which South Vietnamese and U.S. forces successfully defended the town of An Lộc against a large-scale North Vietnamese assault.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French colonial war ⓘ Spanish colonial war ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	France ⓘ Nguyen Vietnam ⓘ Spain ⓘ
cause	French desire for colonial expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ Nguyen court’s persecution of Christians ⓘ protection of Catholic missionaries ⓘ
commander	Admiral Léonard Charner ⓘ Charles Rigault de Genouilly ⓘ Emperor Tự Đức ⓘ surface form: Nguyen Emperor Tu Duc Nguyen Tri Phuong ⓘ
conflictType	intervention ⓘ
consequence	creation of French colony of Cochinchina ⓘ opening of southern Vietnamese ports to French trade ⓘ weakening of Nguyen dynasty control over southern Vietnam ⓘ
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nguyen dynasty Second Empire of France ⓘ surface form: Second French Empire
endTime	1862 ⓘ
historicalRegionAffected	Mekong Delta ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	French ⓘ Vietnamese ⓘ
location	Bien Hoa ⓘ Cochinchina ⓘ Dinh Tuong ⓘ Mỹ Tho ⓘ surface form: My Tho Saigon ⓘ Tourane ⓘ southern Vietnam ⓘ
notableEvent	French and Spanish attack on Tourane in 1858 ⓘ capture of Saigon in 1859 ⓘ negotiation of the 1862 Treaty of Saigon ⓘ siege and relief of Saigon ⓘ
partOf	French colonial expansion in Asia ⓘ Tonkin Campaign ⓘ surface form: French conquest of Vietnam
relatedTo	French Indochina ⓘ Nguyễn dynasty ⓘ surface form: Nguyen dynasty Treaty of Saigon (1862) ⓘ colonialism in Vietnam ⓘ
result	French victory ⓘ Treaty of Saigon (1862) ⓘ beginning of French colonial rule in southern Vietnam ⓘ cession of three Vietnamese provinces to France ⓘ establishment of French Cochinchina ⓘ
startTime	1858 ⓘ
timePeriod	mid-19th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → endedConflict → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

Treaty of Saigon (1862) → precededBy → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cochinchina campaign (1858–1862)

Treaty of Huế (1884) → partOf → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: French conquest of Vietnam

Emperor Tự Đức → associatedWithEvent → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: French conquest of Cochinchina

Nam Kỳ Lục Tỉnh → significantEvent → Cochinchina campaign ⓘ