On October 17
On October 17, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Creation of the Indochinese Union (1887).
On this day
On 17 October 1887 France formally established the Indochinese Union (Union indochinoise), binding together the directly ruled colony of Cochinchina with the protectorates of Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia under a single Governor-General.
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