{"slug": "phra-nakhon-si-ayutthaya-city", "label": "Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya (city)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phra_Nakhon_Si_Ayutthaya_%28city%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203370", "qid": "Q203370", "description": "city in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, Thailand", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1564, 2003], "span_label": ["1564 CE", "2003 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Ayutthaya (city)"], "related": [{"slug": "thailand", "label": "Thailand", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "portugal", "label": "Portugal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nanda-bayin", "label": "Nanda Bayin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ayutthaya-kingdom", "label": "Ayutthaya Kingdom", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1564, "year_label": "1564 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 (11th waning of Tabodwe 925 ME) – Burmese–Siamese War: Invaders from Burma overcome the seaside defenses of the Siamese capital at Ayutthava, capturing the batteries of cannons and a set of ships sent by Portugal to help defend the kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363117508#January–March", "title": "1564", "revid": 1363117508, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"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": 1587, "year_label": "1587 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 (14th waxing of Kason 949 ME) – Burmese–Siamese War (1584–1593): Burma's siege of Ayutthaya (now in Thailand), capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, fails after six months as the troops of Burma's King Nanda Bayin begin their withdrawal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362478812#April–June", "title": "1587", "revid": 1362478812, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1760, "year_label": "1760 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 11", "text": "April 11 – The Burmese Army, under the command of King Alaungpaya, reaches the outskirts of Siam's capital, Ayutthaya, but then retreats rather than laying siege to the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358844484#April–June", "title": "1760", "revid": 1358844484, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"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": 1767, "year_label": "1767 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Troops of the Burmese Konbaung dynasty sack the Siamese city of Ayutthaya, ending the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) after 15 months, and bringing the four-century-old Ayutthaya Kingdom to an end. King Ekkathat is found dead inside the city walls on April 9.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365587024#April–June", "title": "1767", "revid": 1365587024, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "August 11", "text": "August 11 – Riduan Isamuddin, head of the Indonesian Islamist group Jemaah Islamiyah, is arrested in Ayutthaya, Thailand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#August", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › August"}}]}