Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term referred to the domain Đàng Ngoài under Trịnh lords' control, including both the Northern and Thanh-Nghệ regions, north of the Gianh River. From 1884 to early 1945, this term was used for the French protectorate of Tonkin, composed of only the Northern region.
Tonkin, also spelled Tongkin, Tonquin or Tongking, is an exonym referring to the northern region of Vietnam. During the 17th and 18th centuries, this term...
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin (born 12 July 1989) is an Australian actress. Born and raised in Sydney, she began her career on Australian television and...
The Gulf of Tonkin incident (Vietnamese: Sự kiện Vịnh Bắc Bộ) was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in...
The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and South China....
Michael Harvey Tonkin (born November 19, 1989) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He...
The Tonkin campaign was an armed conflict fought between June 1883 and April 1886 by the French against, variously, the Vietnamese, Liu Yongfu's Black...
The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution or the Southeast Asia Resolution, Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–408, 78 Stat. 384, enacted August 10, 1964...
John Trezise Tonkin AC (2 February 1902 – 20 October 1995) was an Australian politician who was the premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8...
Humphrey R. Tonkin (born 2 December 1939) is professor of English, and served as the 4th president of the University of Hartford. He is also a dedicated...
The Tonkin Affair, (French: L'Affaire du Tonkin) named after the French protectorate of Tonkin, of March 1885 was a major French political crisis that...
Vietnam through a series of campaigns in Tonkin between 1873 and 1886. French ambitions to subjugate Tonkin were opposed by the Qing dynasty, the region...
of Tonkin (modern-day north Vietnam) to reestablish order in the wake of the Tonkin campaign (1883 1886), to entrench a French protectorate in Tonkin, and...
Christine Maelisa Tonkin (born 15 March 1956) is an Australian politician, who was elected as a Labor member for Churchlands in the Western Australian...
The Tonkin Flotilla (French: flottille de Tonkin), a force of despatch vessels and gunboats used for policing the rivers and waterways of the Tonkin Delta...
Tonkin Street (Chinese: 東京街) is a street between Sham Shui Po and Cheung Sha Wan of New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It runs northeast to southwest and crosses...
Thomas Tonkin (1678–1742) was a Cornish landowner and historian. He was born at Trevaunance, St Agnes, Cornwall, and baptised in its parish church on 26...
The Tonkin weasel or Vietnamese mountain weasel (Mustela tonkinensis) is a species of weasel described by Björkegren in 1941. It is known only from a singular...
David Oliver Tonkin AO (20 July 1929 – 2 October 2000) was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of South Australia from 18 September...
Hillsboro Ballpark, formerly Ron Tonkin Field until March 2024, is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, a suburb...
The position of Resident-Superior of Tonkin (French: Résident supérieur du Tonkin; Vietnamese: Thống sứ Bắc Kỳ; chữ Hán: 統使北圻) was established on 8 April...
Anthony Richard Tonkin (born 17 January 1980) is an English retired footballer who played as a defender. Born in Penzance, Cornwall, Tonkin began his career...
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