Death of Phan Bội Châu
DeathNationalist leader Phan Bội Châu dies in Huế after years under French house arrest.
- Date
- 1940 · View on map
- Countries
- Vietnam
- Regions
- Southeast Asia
- Location
- Huế
- Importance
- ★★★★★
- Sources
Related events
September 22, 1940 – September 26, 1940★★★★★
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May 19, 1941★★★★★
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February 15, 1942★★★★★
Fall of Singapore
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Vietnamese famine of 1945
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March 9, 1945★★★★★
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Japan overthrows the French administration in Indochina; Bảo Đại then proclaims the Empire of Vietnam with Trần Trọng Kim as prime minister.
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August 1945★★★★★
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