Thonburi Kingdom was a major Siamese kingdom which existed in Southeast Asia from 1767 to 1782, centered around the city of Thonburi, in Siam or present-day Thailand.
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21 Facts About Thonburi Kingdom
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The Thonburi Kingdom oversaw the rapid reunification and reestablishment of Siam as a preeminient military power within mainland Southeast Asia, overseeing the country's expansion to its greatest territorial extent up to that point in its history, incorporating Lan Na, the Laotian kingdoms, and Cambodia under the Siamese sphere of influence.
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Thonburi Kingdom saw the consolidation and continued growth of Chinese trade from Qing China, a continuation from the late Ayutthaya period, and the increased influence of the Chinese community in Siam, with Taksin and later monarchs sharing close connections and close family ties with the Sino-Siamese community.
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Thonburi Kingdom lasted for only 14 years, ending in 1782 when Taksin was deposed by a major Thonburi military commander, Chao Phraya Chakri, who subsequently founded the Rattanakosin Kingdom, the fourth and present ruling kingdom of Thailand.
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Thonburi Kingdom is colloquially and posthumously known as King Taksin, combining his title Phraya Tak and his name Sin.
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Thonburi Kingdom first moved against Phitsanulok in the north in 1768 but was defeated at Koeichai with Taksin himself got shot at his leg.
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Thonburi Kingdom recalled the northern Siamese troops down south to defend the west.
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The death of Phra Vo at the hands of Vientiane served as the casus belli for Thonburi to initiate the subjugation of Lao kingdoms in 1778.
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Thonburi Kingdom ordered Chaophraya Chakri to conduct the invasion of Laos.
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Thonburi Kingdom was recorded in the Rattanahosin's gazettes and missionaries's accounts as becoming maniacal, insulting senior Buddhist monks, proclaiming himself to be a sotapanna or divine figure.
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City of Thonburi Kingdom remained an independent town and province until it was merged into Bangkok in 1971.
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Thonburi Kingdom inherited most of the government apparatus from the Late Ayutthaya.
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Thonburi Kingdom took control of Lanna in 1775, ending the 200 years of Burmese vassalage, which became Northern Thailand today.
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Thonburi Kingdom period was the time of economic crisis as people died from warfare and starvation and inflation was prevalent.
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Thonburi Kingdom ordered an Ayutthayan bronze cannon to be broken down into pieces to buy rice and distribute to the starving populace, earning him a great popularity.
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The rice commodity price in Thonburi Kingdom period was high, reaching apex in 1770 at the price of three Chang per one Kwian of rice.
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Thonburi Kingdom court purchased imported rice and distribute it to ease the famine crisis.
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The Thonburi Kingdom court sent a letter to the Supreme Government of Dutch East Indies Company at Batavia in 1769 in efforts to resume the trade but the Dutch were not interested.
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Thonburi Kingdom requested for some thousands flintlock ammunitions from the Dutch and urged Batavia to forward the letter to the Prince of Orange and Nassau in order to ask the prince to appoint a new Dutch residence in Siam to resume trade.
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