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The second French intervention in Mexico (Spanish: segunda intervención francesa en México), also known as the Second Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867), [5] was a military invasion of the Republic of Mexico by the French Empire of Napoleon III, purportedly to force the collection of Mexican debts in conjunction with Great Britain and Spain.
Facing the French invasion and internal rebellion, Tự Đức chose to cede three Southern provinces to France in order to deal with the coinciding rebellion. In June 1862, the Treaty of Saigon was signed, resulting in Vietnam losing three rich provinces, Gia Dinh, My Tho, Bien Hoa, and the Poulo Condore Island, and allowing religious freedom ...
The 1536 Italian War of 1536–1538, Spanish invasion of France The 1562 English expedition to France , led by England during the French Wars of Religion The 1746 War of the Austrian Succession , Austria-Italian forces supported by the British navy attempted to invade southern France
France had desired a revolt against the governor of Salé to force repayment and avoid destruction of the city, but this did not occur. [16] Crimean War (1853–1856) Location: Crimea, Caucasus, Balkans, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, White Sea, Far East. France Ottoman Empire. Egypt; Tunis Britain [e] Sardinia [f] Supported by: Austrian Empire
In 1859 there were even briefly fears that France might try to invade Britain. [83] Palmerston was suspicious of France's interventions in Lebanon, Southeast Asia and Mexico. Palmerston was also concerned that France might intervene in the American Civil War (1861–65) on the side of the South. [ 84 ]
Crimean War: France and Britain formally declared war on Russia. 1860: Following the Franco-Sardinian victory over the Austrian Empire in the Second Italian War of Independence, Italian regions of Nice and Savoy were transferred to the French Empire as a reward. 18 October: Second Opium War: British and French troops entered the Forbidden City ...
1 January - Paris administratively annexes neighbouring communes. 23 January - Cobden-Chevalier Treaty Free Trade treaty is signed between the United Kingdom and France. 9 April - Typesetter Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville sings "Au clair de la lune" into his phonautograph, producing the world's earliest known sound recording of a song.
In 1860 Miramón took a step further and seized a British deposit of 660,000 pesos reserved for the British bondholders by the Liberal cabinet of Benito Juárez. The same year Juárez also crossed the line by illegally seizing 1,100,000 pesos at Laguna Seca that constituted the property of mainly western European merchants. He immediately ...