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1150 |
Suriyavarman II built Angkor Wat in today's Cambodia |
1497 |
July 8: Vasco da Gama set out on expedidition to India via Africa stopping at Mombasa, Mozambique, Malindi, Kenya, and Quilmana trading centres |
1516 |
Portuguese send an envoy to Thai Court and sign a treaty |
1529 |
War with Burma 1529 - 1569 |
1571 |
The Spanish settle in Manila to trade and spread Christianity |
1575 |
1575 - 1650 The Dutch, French, Danish, Arabs, Chinese and British established trade agreements |
1782 |
Beginning of the Chakri dynasty under King Rama I |
1833 |
1833 First American envoy to the Thai Court |
1868 |
1868-1910: Reign of King Chulalongkorn. |
1905 |
1905 Slavery was abolished |
1909 |
1909 Great Britain establishes protectorates |
1914 |
1914 - 1918 WWI - Thailand joins the Allies |
1917 |
Siam becomes ally of Great Britain in World War I. |
1932 |
1932 Revolution and the obsolete monarchy is abolished |
1939 |
Siam changes its name to Thailand ("Land of the Free"). |
1939 |
1939 - 1945 WWII Thailand declares war on the Allies |
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