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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.)