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Person

Pierre Pigneau de Béhaine

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1787

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pierre Pigneau de Béhaine, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Treaty of Versailles (1787)

    1787

    Role: French Catholic priest, titular bishop of Adran; representative and signatory for Nguyễn Phúc Ánh

    1. February 1787 · court of Louis XVI at VersaillesPigneau's mission to the French court

      Pigneau de Béhaine traveled to France in 1787 as Nguyễn Ánh's special envoy, accompanied by the lord's seven-year-old son, and reached Versailles in February 1787.

    2. November 21, 1787 · VersaillesSigning of the Treaty of Versailles

      On November 21, 1787, the treaty of alliance was signed by Montmorin for France and Pigneau de Béhaine for Nguyễn Ánh, concluding an alliance with Cochinchina.

Sources

  1. Treaty of Versailles (1787) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29