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5000 BCE
Fossils of HOMO ERECTUS
Found in Lampang about 500000 years ago -
3000 BCE
Korat plateau
Korat plateau was likely home to bronze workers and farmers based on archaeological that has been found -
700 BCE
Thai people of Nan Chao
Migrating to the main land of Southeast Asia -
1238
Sri Indraditya
Formed a new kingdom at Sukhothai and declared independence from the Khmers -
1350
Ayuththaya first came
and quickly erupted into the leading power the region -
1378
Sukhothai
were initially forced to surrender to their opposition -
1438
The former great kingdom became fully absorbed
by the Ayuththayas -
1511
Ayuththaya received first diplomatic mission
Ayuththaya received their first diplomatic mission from Portugal, who wished to develop a trade relationship with the local Thai kingdom -
1516
Trade 1.0
Multiple trade treaties came to fruition between Ayuththaya Kingdom and the Portuguese in 1516 -
Trade 2.0
Trade between Ayuththaya and Netherlands in 1592 -
Thai power sent diplomatic missions to Paris and the Hague
In addition to developing commercial ties with the British and the Japanese -
King Chulalongkorn
Abolished slavery and the Corvae system, created new European style schools, formed a police force and standing army, updated the legal system, established a salaried Bureaucracy and essentially overhauled the entire of Siam’s outdated policies etc. -
First Parliamentary elections
were held in November of 1933 -
Prime minister of Thailand
agreed to the mutual defense pact with Japan which included declaration of war against Britain and the United States -
The Prime minister was forced to resign
and was subsequently tried for war crimes -
After the resolution of WWll
economics struggles ensued as well namely the Asian financial crisis in 1997 -
After the crowning of Prince Vajiralongkorn as king
a new constitution was signed with its aim at finally bringing democracy back to the nation
