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Addition of Laos
- When
- after 1893
- Where
- Indochinese peninsula
Laos was added to French Indochina after the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893, correcting the legacy claim that it joined in 1887.
Territorial conflicts in the Indochinese peninsula led to the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. French authorities used border disputes and the Paknam naval incident to provoke this crisis. The supplied passage states Laos was added after this crisis; it does not specify the exact year of the addition.
Sources
- French Indochina Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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