French campaign against Korea (1866)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:French_expedition_to_Korea
gptkbp:artifactTaken gptkb:Oegyujanggak_royal_books
gptkbp:casualties French: 3 killed, 35 wounded
Korean: unknown, heavy
gptkbp:cause Execution of French Catholic missionaries in Korea
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Joseon_Dynasty
gptkb:Second_French_Empire
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Rear_Admiral_Pierre-Gustave_Roze
gptkb:General_Yang_Heon-su
gptkbp:endDate November 1866
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label French campaign against Korea (1866)
gptkbp:involves gptkb:French_Far_East_Squadron
Korean local militias
gptkbp:legacy French looting of Korean royal books and artifacts
Increased Korean isolationism
gptkbp:location gptkb:Korea
gptkb:Ganghwa_Island
gptkbp:partOf 19th-century Western military expeditions in East Asia
gptkbp:precededBy Execution of Bishop Siméon-François Berneux
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:General_Sherman_incident
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:French_Catholic_missions_in_Korea
gptkb:Korean-French_relations
Korean persecution of Catholics
gptkbp:result French withdrawal
Korean victory
gptkbp:significance First military contact between Korea and a Western power
gptkbp:startDate October 1866
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ganghwa_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5