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Monday, July 19, 2021

Basic timeline of Laos

This post is a basic timeline of Laos. There are 25 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• First humans (50,000 years ago)
• Hoa Binh culture (10,000 - 2000 BC)
• Phung Nguyen culture (2000 - 1500 BC)
• Funan kingdom (68 - 627 AD)
• Champa kingdom (192 - 1832 AD)
• Chenla kingdom (550 - 802 AD)
• Nanzhao kingdom (738 - 902 AD)
• Khmer Empire (802 - 1431 AD)
• Lan Xang kingdom (1353-1707)
• Luang Phrabang kingdom (1707-1893)
• Vientiane kingdom (1707-1828)
• Champasak kingdom (1713-1904)
• Thonburi kingdom (1767-1782)
• Rattanakosin kingdom (1782-1932)
• Anouvong's Rebellion (1826-1828)
• Haw Wars (1865-1890)
• French protectorate of Laos (1893-1953)
• First Indochina War (1946-1954)
• Laos gains independence (1953)
• Laos kingdom (1953-1975)
• Vietnam War (1955-1975)
• Laotian Civil War (1959-1975)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975 - now)
• Third Indochina War (1975-1991)
• Insurgency in Laos (1975-2008)

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