Monday, June 28, 2021

Basic timeline of Myanmar


This post is a basic timeline of Myanmar. There are 24 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

  • First humans (13,000 years ago)
  • Thaton kingdom (4th century BC - 1057 AD)
  • Pyu city-states (2nd century BC - 1050 AD)
  • Sri Ksetra kingdom (3rd century - 1050 AD)
  • Pagan kingdom (840 - 1297 AD)
  • First Mongol invasion of Burma (1277-1287)
  • Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1287-1552)
  • Ava kingdom (1365-1555)
  • Mrauk U kingdom (1429-1785)
  • Toungoo dynasty (1510-1752)
  • Burmese-Siamese wars (16th century - 19th century)
  • Restored Hanthawaddy Pegu kingdom (1740-1757)
  • Sino-Burmese War (1765-1769)
  • Konbaung dynasty (1752-1885)
  • Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War (1752-1757)
  • Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-1885)
  • British rules Burma (1824-1948)
  • Burma Independence Act (1947)
  • Myanmar civil war (1948 - now)
  • Burmese coup d'état (1962)
  • People Power Uprising (1988)
  • State Peace and Development Council military rule (1988-2011)
  • Saffron Revolution (2007-2008)
  • Myanmar coup d'état (2021)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Myanmar at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Myanmar.)