Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The history of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, dates at least to the early 15th century, when it was under the rule of Ayutthaya.Due to its strategic location near the mouth of the Chao Phraya River, the town gradually increased in importance, and after the fall of Ayutthaya King Taksin established his new capital of Thonburi there, on the river's west bank.
Lan Na's independent history ended in 1558, when it finally fell to the Burmese. It was dominated by Burma until the late-18th century. Local leaders then rose up against the Burmese with the help of the rising Thai kingdom of Thonburi of King Taksin. The "Northern City-States" then became vassals of the lower Thai kingdoms of Thonburi and Bangkok.
Chris Baker and Pasuk Phongpaichit's "A History of Ayutthaya: Siam In the Early Modern World", published in 2017, was the first English-academic book to have analyzed the full four hundred years of the Ayutthaya Kingdom's existence. The historiography of Southeast Asia originated from post-colonial capitals.
Siege of the French fortress in Bangkok by the Siamese revolutionary forces of Phetracha in 1688. Ayutthaya Kingdom: Konbaung dynasty: Inconclusive. Burma captures the Tennasserim coast down to Tavoy–Mergui frontier; Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) Location: Tenasserim coast, Gulf of Siam coast, Suphanburi, Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya Kingdom ...
History of Bangkok by period (3 C) A. Ancient monuments in Bangkok (2 C) D. Demolished buildings and structures in Bangkok (16 P) E. Explosions in Bangkok (5 P) F.
Experts alleged that the rise in deaths was linked to the stalling of peace talks while Yingluck Shinawatra's government faced anti-government protests in Bangkok and court proceedings against it over corruption. 10 February: Insurgents killed five soldiers and wounded five others in two roadside bomb attacks in Yala Province. According to Thai ...
Bangkok, [a] officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon [b] and colloquially as Krung Thep, [c] is the capital and most populous city of Thailand.The city occupies 1,568.7 square kilometres (605.7 sq mi) in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated population of 9.0 million as of 2021, 13% of the country's population.
The history of Thailand from 1932 to 1973 was dominated by military dictatorships which were in power for much of the period. The main personalities of the period were the dictator Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who allied the country with Japan during the Second World War, and the civilian politician Pridi Banomyong, who founded Thammasat University and was briefly prime minister after the war.