Laos: King Oun Kham (r. 1872-1887 and 1889 - 1895) ruler of Luang Prabang. During his reign, in 1893, Laos became a French protectorate and part of French Indochina.

Oun Kham (1811 or 1816 - December 15, 1895) was King of Luang Prabang from 1872 to 1887 and a second time between 1889 and 1895. On 7 June, 1887 the Lao royal capital was seized and sacked; the elderly ruler barely escaped with his life. Between his two ruling periods he was exiled to Bangkok in Thailand where he gave assistance to Auguste Pavie ( the first French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1885). The last two years of his reign ended with the establishment of a French protectorate over Laos.

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