In 1888, a French adventurer convinced Vietnamese tribes to crown him king
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#76DHQ)
In 1888, a French government official named Charles-Marie David de Mayrena was sent into the highlands of what is now Vietnam to negotiate treaties with local tribes. Instead, he convinced the tribes to crown him king. He took the name Marie the First, established a capital at the village of Kon Gung, and declared the Kingdom of Sedang on 3 June 1888. - Read the rest
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