Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam)

Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) was a state in Thailand and Laos (Southeast Asia) that lasted from 1782 to 1932 CE, about 150 years. Its people spoke Kra-Dai languages (Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang).

Rama I of the Chakri dynasty moved the capital across the river to Bangkok. Mongkut and Chulalongkorn modernised Siam and kept it the only Southeast Asian state never colonised, though it ceded Laos and other lands to France and Britain.

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Facts

Dates

1782 to 1932 CE

Duration

150 years

Type

State

Region

Thailand and Laos, Southeast Asia

Language family

Kra-Dai

Capital

Bangkok

Came from

• Lan Na 1292 to 1775 CE
• Thonburi Kingdom 1767 to 1782 CE
• Pattani Sultanate c. 1457 to 1902 CE

Became

• Thailand 1932 CE to the present

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 1815 Eruption of Tambora
• 1824 Anglo-Dutch Treaty
• 1883 Krakatoa erupts
• 1896 Philippine Revolution

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Later Le dynasty 1428 to 1789 CE
• Spanish Philippines 1565 to 1898 CE
• Johor Sultanate 1528 to 1824 CE
• Dutch East India Company (VOC) 1605 to 1799 CE
• Nguyen dynasty 1802 to 1945 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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