AD 1758

Uthumphon becomes king of Ayutthaya

AD 1758

Ekatat becomes king of Ayutthaya

AD 1767

Taksin becomes king of Thonburi

AD 1767

Burmese invade the port city of Ayutthaya

AD 1782

New Thai capital of Bangkok founded

AD 1782

Buddha Yodfa (Rama I) becomes king of Krung Thep

AD 1799

Dutch government take control of the islands of Indonesia

AD 1809

Buddha Loetla (Rama II) becomes king of Krung Thep

AD 1824

Nangklao (Rama III) becomes king of Krung Thep

AD 1824

Anglo-Dutch treaty: Malaya becomes a British protectorate

AD 1828

Siamese forces invade Laos

AD 1851

Rama IV becomes king of Siam

AD 1851

Mongkut (Rama IV) becomes king of Krung Thep

AD 1852

Britain annexes Pegu in Burma

AD 1857

French occupy Saigon, Vietnam

AD 1857

Mandalay becomes capital of Burma

AD 1857

Last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar exiled to Rangoon in Burma

AD 1859

Portuguese and Dutch divide Timor

AD 1862

France annexes south Vietnam

AD 1863

King Norodom places Cambodia under French protection

AD 1868

Chulalongkorn (Rama V) becomes king of Siam

AD 1873

France annexes Hanoi and Red River Delta area of Vietnam

AD 1873

Dutch begin colonisation of Aceh province, Indonesia

AD 1883

Treaty of Hue: establishes French protectorate over Annam, Vietnam

AD 1885

Britain annexes Burma

AD 1888

Britain establishes protectorate over Borneo and Sarawak

AD 1896

Malay states form a federation under British control

AD 1898

US captures Manila, Philippines and Guam

AD 1899

Rebellion breaks out against US rule in Philippines

AD 1902

Thailand annexes 3 southern provinces, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat

AD 1908

Dutch take control of Bali

AD 1910

Vajiravudh (Rama VI) becomes king of Siam

AD 1925

Prajadhipok (Rama VII) becomes king of Siam

AD 1932

Siam’s army seize Bangkok and announces an end to the absolute monarchy; constitutional monarchy introduced with parliamentary government

AD 1935

King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) abdicates and goes into exile in England

AD 1935

Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) becomes king of Siam while a schoolboy in Switzerland

AD 1939

Siam renamed Thailand (Land of the Free)

AD 1940

Japan invades Indochina and captures Saigon

AD 1941

Japan invades Philippines

AD 1941

Japan takes Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, invades Burma and Java

AD 1942

Japanese forces invade the Dutch East Indies (later Indonesia) at Borneo

AD 1942

Japanese take Manila

AD 1943

Thailand-Burma railroad completed

AD 1945

Thailand compelled to return territory to Laos, Cambodia and Malaya

AD 1945

Burma liberated from Japanese

AD 1945

Vietnam declares independence from France

AD 1946

Republic of Philippines gains independence

AD 1946

Ananda Mahidol is assassinated; Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) becomes king of Thailand

AD 1948

Burma declares independence from Britain

AD 1950

Battle of Kaobang: Viet Minh forces defeat French in Vietnam