Charles Rigault de Genouilly

April 12, 1807 – May 4, 1873

French admiral who began the French conquest of Vietnam with the attacks on Da Nang and Saigon.

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Military service

• French Navy Admiral

Affiliations

Education

• École Polytechnique

Timeline

1808

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1838

1844

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1856

1862

1868

1874

1880

 

Charles Rigault de Genouilly

 

Bombardment of Tourane (1847)

 

Crimean War

 

Second Opium War

 

Battle of Canton (1857)

 

Battle of Taku Forts (1858)

 

Cochinchina campaign

 

French conquest of Vietnam

 

Siege of Tourane

 

Siege of Saigon