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Lan Xang

unified kingdom from 1354 to 1707, one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia

15 dated entries naming Lan Xang, drawn from 15 separate years between 1316 CE and 1707 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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14th century

  • 1316Fa Ngum, Tai nobleman and ruler of Lan Xang (d. 1393)source
  • 1343Nang Keo Phimpha, queen of Lan Xang (d. 1438)source
  • 1353The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang is founded by Fa Ngum.source
  • 1375Lan Kham Deng, King of Lan Xang 1416–1428 (d. 1428)source
  • 1393Fa Ngum, founder of the Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang (b. 1316)source

15th century

  • 1415Chakkaphat Phaen Phaeo, Lan Xang king (d. 1481)source
  • 1438At 95 years of age, Nang Keo Phimpha becomes queen of Lan Xang for a few months, then being deposed and killed.source
  • 1480December 7 – During the war between Dai Viet and Lan Xang (now the northern part of Vietnam and the entire nation of Laos), Emperor Xianxong of Ming dynasty China is informed by his envoys that Dai Viet had subdued Lan Xang and was preparing to invade Lan Nasource
  • 1484October 31 – The "White Elephant War", which had started in 1479 with the invasion of the Kingdom of Lan Xang (now Laos) by the Dai Viet Empire (now northern Vietnam) with the Vietnamese withdrawing their troops and failing to conquer the Laotians.source

16th century

  • 1568November 27 – Burmese–Siamese War: Dispatched by King Bayinnaung, 55,000 Burmese troops arrive at Phitsanulok (in modern-day Thailand) and drive back the attack by armies from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (Thailand) and Lan Xang (Laos), then prepare to invade Ayutthaya to put down the rebellion by Ayutthayan King Maha Chakkraphatsource
  • 1569May 8 – King Bayinnaung of Burma puts down the revolt by Setthathirath of Lan Xang (modern Laos), and ending Lan Xang's attempt to rescue Thailand's Ayutthaya Kingdom from conquest.source
  • 1575April 18 – Bayinnaung, King of Burma, returns to his capital at Pegu from Vientiane after installing Voravongsa I as the Burmese-appointed monarch of the Kingdom of Lan Xang (now Laos).source

17th century

  • 1614April 30 – The Kingdom of Lan Na (in modern-day northern Thailand) is invaded by 17,000 troops commanded by King Anaukpetlun of Burma (modern Myanmar). Lan Na's King Thado Kyaw is unsuccessful in getting assistance from the Kingdom of Siam, and turns to the Kingdom of Lan Xang (modern Laos), which provides assistance.source
  • 1694The Lao empire of Lan Xang unofficially ends.source

18th century

  • 1707The Lao empire of Lan Xang officially ends, and splits into the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak.source

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