Monarchy of Thailand

constitutional monarchy and monarch of the Kingdom of Thailand

12 dated entries naming Monarchy of Thailand, drawn from 10 separate years between 1549 CE and 2016 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.

Also written as King of Siam, King of Thailand in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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16th century

  • 1549January 19 – Maha Chakkraphat is crowned as the King of Siam after having been installed on the throne in 1548 by Maha Thammaracha of Burma.source

18th century

  • 1733January 13 – Borommarachathirat V becomes King of Siam (now Thailand) upon the death of King Sanphet IX.source
  • 1767December 28 – Phraya Taksin, a minor provincial official in Siam (now Thailand), crowns himself as King of Siam, establishing the Siamese Thonburi Kingdom, taking the regnal name of Borommaracha IV and begins a 14-year reign of liberation and conquest; historically, he is known as "Taksin the Great".source
  • 1782April 7 – Taksin the Great, King of Siam (Thonburi Kingdom) (b. 1734)source

19th century

  • 1804October 18 – Mongkut, Rama IV, King of Siam (d. 1868)source
  • 1809September 7 – Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I), King of Siam, founder of the Chakri dynasty of Thailand (b. 1737)source
  • 1868October 1 – Mongkut (Rama IV), King of Siam (Thailand) (b. 1804)source

20th century

  • 1910October 23 – Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).source
  • 1910October 23 – King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (b. 1853)source
  • 1925November 26 – Prajadhipok (Rama VII) is crowned as King of Siam.source
  • 1925November 26 – King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) of Siam (b. 1880)source

21st century

  • 2016December 1 – Following a mourning period of seven weeks after the death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej, Vajiralongkorn formally succeeds his late father as the new King of Thailand.source

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