Capture of Mỹ Tho 1861
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 12 April 1861 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1861 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | 19th century (1800–1913) | derived from year |
| Location | Vietnam | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Cochinchina campaign | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Kingdom of Spain, Nguyen dynasty, Second French Empire | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 10.3556, 106.3635 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Capture of Mỹ Tho (Vietnamese: Mỹ Tho) on 12 April 1861 was an important allied victory in the Cochinchina campaign (1858–62). This campaign, fought between the French and the Spanish on the one side and the Vietnamese on the other, began as a limited punitive expedition and ended as a French war of conquest. The war concluded with the establishment of the French colony of Cochinchina, a development that inaugurated nearly a century of French colonial dominance in Vietnam.
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