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Siege of Saigon

Siege of Saigon was a siege conducted in March 1860 at Ho Chi Minh City, in what is now Vietnam; it ran into the following year. The recorded result: Franco-Spanish victory.

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Capture of Saigon by France, 18th February 1859.
Capture of Saigon by France, 18th February 1859.. Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtMarch 1860ran into the following year
WhereHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam10.817N, 106.633E
OutcomeFranco-Spanish victory
BelligerentsFrench Empire; Spanish EmpireagainstĐại Nam

Record

DateMarch 1860 (month precision)
to February 1861
PlaceHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
10.817N, 106.633E
KindSiege, nineteenth century
Commanders
  • Vũ Duy Ninh
  • Trương Văn Uyển
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

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Elsewhere in 1860

Siege of Saigon is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 269 in present-day Vietnam.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1998999, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Saigon, revision 1370744901, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.