{"slug": "bangkok", "label": "Bangkok", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861", "qid": "Q1861", "description": "capital of Thailand", "entries": 16, "years": 15, "span": [1782, 2024], "span_label": ["1782 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "thailand", "label": "Thailand", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-japan", "label": "Empire of Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "allies-of-world-war-ii", "label": "Allies of World War II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kuwait", "label": "Kuwait", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 21", "text": "April 21 – A Lak Mueang (city pillar) is erected on Rattanakosin Island, located on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, by order of King Rama I, an act considered the founding of the capital city of Bangkok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#April–June", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1782, "year_label": "1782 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – Rama I overthrows King Taksin of Siam (now Thailand) in a coup d'état, and moves the political capital from Thonburi, across the Chao Phraya River to Rattanakosin Island, the historic center of Bangkok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370562345#April–June", "title": "1782", "revid": 1370562345, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1784, "year_label": "1784 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – The Emerald Buddha is installed at the Wat Phra Kaew, on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok (or in 1785).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370567291#January–March", "title": "1784", "revid": 1370567291, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1851, "year_label": "1851 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Mongkut is crowned as King (Rama IV) of Siam, at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358777790#April–June", "title": "1851", "revid": 1358777790, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1888, "year_label": "1888 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 6", "text": "April 6 – The first New Year's Day is observed, of the solar calendar adopted by Siamese King Chulalongkorn, with the 106th anniversary of Bangkok's founding in 1782 as its epoch (reference date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372679419#April", "title": "1888", "revid": 1372679419, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1909, "year_label": "1909 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 10", "text": "March 10 – The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 is signed in Bangkok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373420847#March–April", "title": "1909", "revid": 1373420847, "section": "Events › March–April"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October", "text": "The Burma Railway is completed between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (modern-day Myanmar) (415 km mi) by the Empire of Japan, to support its forces in the Burma campaign, using the forced labour of Asian civilians and Allied Prisoners of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#October", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – SEATO is established in Bangkok, Thailand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#September", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established, at a meeting in Bangkok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#February", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1967, "year_label": "1967 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded in Bangkok, Thailand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370160888#August", "title": "1967", "revid": 1370160888, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – Students gathering at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand are massacred, while protesting the return of ex-dictator Thanom Kittikachorn by a coalition of right-wing paramilitary and government forces, triggering the return of the military to government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#October", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – Kuwait Airways Flight 422 is hijacked while en route from Bangkok, Thailand, to Kuwait. The hijackers demand the release of 17 Shiite Muslim prisoners held by Kuwait. Kuwait refuses to release the prisoners, leading to a 16-day siege across 3 continents. Two passengers are killed before the siege ends.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#April", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 26", "text": "May 26 – Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashes near Bangkok, Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#May", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Protests begin in Bangkok, Thailand, against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon, sparking a bloody crackdown.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#May", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand, end with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and injuring more than 2,100.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#May", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – Jeju Air Flight 2216, a Boeing 737-800 passenger flight from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, veers off the runway at Muan International Airport and crashes into a barrier, killing 179 people. Two injured survivors are reported.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#December", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › December"}}]}