{"slug": "yangon", "label": "Yangon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangon", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37995", "qid": "Q37995", "description": "former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1383, 1955], "span_label": ["1383 CE", "1955 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Rangoon"], "related": [{"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "burmese-calendar", "label": "Burmese calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "razadarit", "label": "Razadarit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hanthawaddy-kingdom", "label": "Hanthawaddy kingdom", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thailand", "label": "Thailand", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "empire-of-japan", "label": "Empire of Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bangkok", "label": "Bangkok", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "allies-of-world-war-ii", "label": "Allies of World War II", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1383, "year_label": "1383 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – (3rd waxing of Nayon 745 ME) In what is now Myanmar, Prince Binnya Nwe begins a rebellion against his aunt, the regent Maha Dewi of Hanthawaddy, as he and 30 of his men seize the governor's residence at Dagon, near Yangon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360411139#April–June", "title": "1383", "revid": 1360411139, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1484, "year_label": "1484 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – The Great Bell of Dhammazedi, at 293.4 metric tons (323 U.S. tons) the largest bell ever created, is cast from bronze at Dagon in the Hanthawaddy kingdom (now Yangon in Myanmar) by order of King Dhammazedi. The casting comes despite advice from the royal astrologer that the date is inappropriate, and the bell is noted for its unpleasant tone. The bell will be stolen from the Shwedagon Pagoda in 1608 by Arakan mercenaries commanded by the Portuguese warlord Filipe de Brito e Nicote, but skin, into the Bago and Yangon Rivers while it is being transported on de Brito's ship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346941150#January–March", "title": "1484", "revid": 1346941150, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1824, "year_label": "1824 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 24", "text": "May 24 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British take Rangoon, capital of the Kingdom of Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), in a surprise attack.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359333471#April–June", "title": "1824", "revid": 1359333471, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 17", "text": "October 17 – The Burma Railway is completed between Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (modern-day Myanmar) (415 km) 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": 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"}}]}