Founding of Bangkok
1782 · Event
Rama I founds the Chakri dynasty and a new capital at Bangkok, the seat of the Thai monarchy ever since.
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Around 1782
- Industrial Revolution begins (1760)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- French Revolution (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Watt's separate-condenser steam engine patent (1769)
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- Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Storming of the Bastille (1789)