Bhutan

sovereign state in South Asia

13 dated entries naming Bhutan, drawn from 13 separate years between 746 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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8th century

746Guru Rinpoche, Indian Buddhist, travels to Bhutan (eastern end of the Himalayas), to cure the king of Bumthang (approximate date).source

17th century

1616Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan, having escaped Tibet.source

19th century

1865November 11 – Duar War between Britain and Bhutan ends with the Treaty of Sinchula, in which Bhutan cedes control of its southern passes to Britain in return for an annual subsidy.source

20th century

1907December 17 – Ugyen Wangchuck becomes the first Druk Gyalpo (king of Bhutan).source
1910January 8 – Treaty of Punakha: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan becomes a protectorate of the British Empire.source
1949August 8 – Bhutan signs a Treaty of Friendship with newly independent India, agreeing non-interference in internal affairs, but allowing India to "guide" its foreign policy (similar to the previous arrangements with the British administration in India).source
1972July 24 – Jigme Singye Wangchuck succeeds his father Jigme Dorji Wangchuck as King of Bhutan.source
1999June 2 – The King of Bhutan allows television transmissions to commence in the Kingdom for the first time, coinciding with the King's Silver Jubilee.source

21st century

2007May 27: Nepalese police clash with Bhutanese asylum seekers at a United Nations resulting in one 16-year-old boy being killed and a dozen people being injured.source
2008March 24 – Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections following the adoption of a new Constitution which changed the country from an absolute monarchy to a multiparty democracy.source
202120 January - India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan.source
202214 January - Bhutan reports its first 14 cases of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in people who travelled abroad.source
202418 March – Indian Prime Minister visits Bhutan. Both nations signs MoUs to strengthened ties, energy, infrastructure, and development.source