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Bangkok

capital of Thailand

30 dated entries naming Bangkok, drawn from 27 separate years between 1782 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1782April 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.source
  • 1782April 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.source
  • 1784March 22 – The Emerald Buddha is installed at the Wat Phra Kaew, on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok (or in 1785).source

19th century

  • 1851May 15 – Mongkut is crowned as King (Rama IV) of Siam, at the Grand Palace in Bangkok.source
  • 1888April 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).source

20th century

  • 1909March 10 – The Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 is signed in Bangkok.source
  • 191222 February – MS Selandia, the world's first ocean-going diesel-powered ship, departs Copenhagen on her maiden voyage, bound for Bangkok, with two B&W four-stroke diesel engines.source
  • 1943October 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.source
  • 1954September 8 – SEATO is established in Bangkok, Thailand.source
  • 1955February 19 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established, at a meeting in Bangkok.source
  • 196628 May – The Malaysian and Indonesian governments declared that the confrontation was over. The peace treaty was signed in Bangkok, Thailand.source
  • 1967August 8 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded in Bangkok, Thailand.source
  • 19709-20- The 1970 Asian Games were held again in Bangkok for a second time.source
  • 1975April 7 - Prime Minister Long Boret met with representatives of the Khmer Rouge while in Bangkok, Thailand. He returned to Cambodia the next day, refused to leave when officials were offered a chance to escape, and was executed nine days later by the new regime.source
  • 1976October 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.source
  • 19789-20- The 1978 Asian Games were held in Bangkok again for the third time.source
  • 1981March 31 - At 2:40 pm in Bangkok, Indonesian commandos successfully rescued all hostages on board the hijacked Garuda Indonesia Flight 206, after getting permission from Thai authorities.source
  • 1988April 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.source
  • 1991May 26 – Lauda Air Boeing 767 crashes near Bangkok, Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.source
  • 19929 May - Michelle McLean, Miss Namibia, is crowned Miss Universe at Bangkok, Thailand. Is the first and only time that Namibia wins the contest.source
  • 1992May 17 – Protests begin in Bangkok, Thailand, against the government of General Suchinda Kraprayoon, sparking a bloody crackdown.source

21st century

  • 20032003 Bangkok International Film Festival took place from January 10 to 21 in Bangkok. A list of award winners can be viewed heresource
  • 2003October 20–21 APEC Thailand 2003 took place in Bangkok, Thailand.source
  • 2004XV International AIDS Conference, 2004 was held from July 11 to July 16 in Bangkok.source
  • 2007May 16 – A 6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes in remote northern Laos, and is felt as far away as Bangkok, Thailand, and Hanoi, Vietnam, where shoppers fled malls and high-rise buildings are evacuated. In Luang Prabang, 92 km. from the epicenter, residents said they felt only minor shaking. There were no reports of injuries or severe damage.source
  • 2008January 25 - A rear tire bursts on the landing gear of a Thai Airways International flight from Bangkok as it lands at Phnom Penh International Airport. There are no injuries among the 160 passengers and crew.source
  • 2010May 19 – Protests in Bangkok, Thailand, end with a bloody military crackdown, killing 91 and injuring more than 2,100.source
  • 2015August 17 – A bombing takes place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125.source
  • 20194 February – 25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018. International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing.source
  • 2024December 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.source

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