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3000BC - 1000BC Bronze age
culture at Ban Chiang |
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600 BC |
Chinese T'ai migration
recorded |
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300 BC |
Indian settlements bringing
the Hindu religion |
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1000 AD |
The Mons, from Burma, had
established themselves in Central Thailand |
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1150 |
Suriyavarman II built Angkor
Wat in today's Cambodia |
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1497 |
July 8: Vasco da Gama set out
on expedidition to India via Africa stopping at
Mombasa, Mozambique, Malindi, Kenya, and Quilmana
trading centres
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1516 |
Portuguese send an envoy to
Thai Court and sign a treaty |
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1529 |
War with Burma 1529 - 1569 |
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1571 |
The Spanish settle in Manila
to trade and spread Christianity |
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1575 |
1575 - 1650 The Dutch, French,
Danish, Arabs, Chinese and British established trade
agreements |
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1782 |
Beginning of the Chakri
dynasty under King Rama I
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1833 |
1833 First American envoy to
the Thai Court
1833 - 1847 Thai-Vietnam war
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1868 |
1868-1910: Reign of King
Chulalongkorn.
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1905 |
1905 Slavery was abolished |
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1909 |
1909 Great Britain establishes
protectorates |
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1914 |
1914 - 1918 WWI - Thailand
joins the Allies |
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1917 |
Siam becomes ally of Great
Britain in World War I.
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1932 |
1932 Revolution and the
obsolete monarchy is abolished |
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1939 |
Siam changes its name to
Thailand ("Land of the Free"). |
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1939 |
1939 - 1945 WWII Thailand
declares war on the Allies |