{"slug": "burma", "label": "Burma", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 26, "years": 26, "span": [760, 2010], "span_label": ["760 CE", "2010 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 12}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thailand", "label": "Thailand", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "laos", "label": "Laos", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ming-dynasty", "label": "Ming dynasty", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ayutthaya-kingdom", "label": "Ayutthaya Kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burmese-calendar", "label": "Burmese calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-ava", "label": "Kingdom of Ava", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pyay", "label": "Pyay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bayinnaung", "label": "Bayinnaung", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-mrauk-u", "label": "Kingdom of Mrauk U", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 760, "year_label": "760 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Nanzhao (Nanchao) in modern-day southern China expands into the Irrawaddy River region, first into Burma, then down into northern Laos and Thailand (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358120145#China", "title": "760", "revid": 1358120145, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 1322, "year_label": "1322 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 (1st waning of Kason 684 ME (Burmese calendar)) – Tarabya I becomes the new ruler of the Sagaing Kingdom of Burma after the death of King Saw Yun, according to the Yazawin Thit chronicle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350577150#April_–_June", "title": "1322", "revid": 1350577150, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1364, "year_label": "1364 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Kingdom of Ava is established by Thado Minbya in modern-day northern Burma. Some chronicles and sources however date the event in 1365.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339849340#Date_unknown", "title": "1364", "revid": 1339849340, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Ming dynasty court of China sends two envoys, Qian Guxun and Li Sicong, to the Ava Kingdom of Burma and the Tai polity of the Mong Mao, in order to resolve a dispute between these two. The travels of the Chinese ambassadors are recorded in the historical text of the Baiyi Zhuan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#Date_unknown", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burma: The Toungoos decisively defeat the Hanthawaddys.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#January–March", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1541, "year_label": "1541 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 19", "text": "November 19 – (1st waxing of Tazaungmon 903 ME) King Tabinshwehti of Burma, having concluded the Buddhist Lent, leads the attack on the Kingdom of Prome with 17,000 troops and 1,400 boats.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361813253#October–December", "title": "1541", "revid": 1361813253, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – The Prome Kingdom, in modern-day central Burma, is conquered by the Taungoo Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#April–June", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. September – Mobye Narapati succeeds as ruler of the Ava Kingdom and offers peace to the Taungoo dynasty, ending the Taungoo–Ava War (1538–45), and leaving the Taungoo as the dominant rulers in Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#July–September", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1549, "year_label": "1549 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January", "text": "January – Burmese–Siamese War (1547–49): King Tabinshwehti of Burma begins his invasion of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, which ends in retreat.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362482759#January–March", "title": "1549", "revid": 1362482759, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1550, "year_label": "1550 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 (5th waning of Tawthalin 912 ME) – King Bayinnaung of Burma begins a four-month siege of the former Burmese capital, Toungoo, occupied by the king's rebellious brother Minkhaung.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369571608#July–September", "title": "1550", "revid": 1369571608, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1569, "year_label": "1569 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 2", "text": "August 2 – Burma invades Siam and captures Ayutthaya. Siam becomes a vassal of Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794933#July–September", "title": "1569", "revid": 1366794933, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 19", "text": "April 19 – Prince Nyaungyan Min ignores the orders of King Nanda Bayin of Burma and seizes control of the Kingdom of Ava (now in Upper Myanmar)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#April–June", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1685, "year_label": "1685 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – Wara Dhammaraza becomes the new King of Arakan on the western coast of Burma upon the death of his brother, Thiri Thuriya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369485499#April–June", "title": "1685", "revid": 1369485499, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1734, "year_label": "1734 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (d. 1763)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363450203#Births", "title": "1734", "revid": 1363450203, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1763, "year_label": "1763 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360202149#Deaths", "title": "1763", "revid": 1360202149, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1766, "year_label": "1766 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 20", "text": "January 20 – Burmese–Siamese War: Outside of the walls of the Thailand capital of Ayutthaya, tens of thousands of invaders from Burma (under the command of General Ne Myo Thihapate and General Maha Nawatra) are confronted by Thai defenders led by General Phya Taksin. The defenders are overwhelmed and the survivors take refuge inside Ayutthaya. The siege continues for 15 months before the Burmese attackers collapse the walls by digging tunnels and setting fire to debris. The city falls on April 9, 1767, and King Ekkathat is killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358061260#January–March", "title": "1766", "revid": 1358061260, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1813, "year_label": "1813 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – Missionaries Adoniram Judson and his wife, Ann Hasseltine Judson, arrive in Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357692833#July–September", "title": "1813", "revid": 1357692833, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1823, "year_label": "1823 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – First Anglo-Burmese War: Burmese forces attack the British on Shapura, an island close to Chittagong.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361959841#July–September", "title": "1823", "revid": 1361959841, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – In Burma, the Panglong Agreement is reached between the Burmese government under its leader, General Aung San, and the Shan, Kachin, and Chin ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai, Pe Khin, Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung and Myoma U Than Kywe are among the negotiators.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#February", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#January", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1954, "year_label": "1954 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 5", "text": "November 5 – Japan and Burma sign a peace treaty in Rangoon, to end their long-extinct state of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369212684#November", "title": "1954", "revid": 1369212684, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1955, "year_label": "1955 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – The Burma–Japan Peace Treaty, signed in Rangoon on November 5, 1954, comes into effect, formally ending a state of war between the two countries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371173508#April", "title": "1955", "revid": 1371173508, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 1", "text": "March 1 – U Nu becomes Prime Minister of Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#March", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 2", "text": "March 2 – A military coup in Burma brings General Ne Win to power.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#March", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – 8888 Uprising: Thousands of protesters in Burma, now known as Myanmar, are killed during anti-government demonstrations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373532411#August", "title": "1988", "revid": 1373532411, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – Burmese opposition politician Aung San Suu Kyi is released from her house arrest after being incarcerated since 1989.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#November", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › November"}}]}