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Historical Timeline for Myanmar - A chronology of key events
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Myanmar Timeline[edit | edit source]

Date Event
3rd century BC. AD Pyu civilization in the Ayeyarwady valley.
7th century Mon kingdom established in Thaton, Pyu kingdom in Prome.
9th century Arrival of the Burmese peoples (of Mongolian origin) and Shan.
832 End of the Pyu civilization.
849 Creation of the Bagan site by the Tibetan-Burmese tribes. Mon kingdom established in Bago, Lower Burma.
11th century Mon kingdom conquered by the Burmese, preeminence of the State of Bagan.
1044 Golden age under the reign of Anawratha.
1084-1167 Golden Age of Bagan.
1287 Tartar invasion led by Kubilay khan, fall of Bagan. Mon Empire established in Martaban.
13th century Marco Polo crosses Burma during his travels.
14th-18th centuries Vain attempts at unification at the mercy of ephemeral dynasties.
1315 Sagaing, Shan capital.
1347 Establishment of a new Burmese kingdom at Taungoo.
1364 Creation of a new Shan kingdom in Ava.
1369 Surge of the Mon people and foundation of the kingdom of Bago.
1430 Mrauk-U chosen as the capital of the kingdom of Arakan.
1511 Arrival of Portuguese navigators who set up trading posts on the Burmese coast.
1539 Conquest of Mon territories by the Burmese. Taungoo Dynasty, Second Burmese Empire.
1599 Annihilation of Bago by the Arakanese.
1600-1752 Preeminence of the Burmese dynasty.
1613 Destruction of the Portuguese counter of Syriam, ordered by de Brito.
1627 First Indian trading posts established at Syriam, Bago and Ava.
1629 Ava, capital of Burma.
1752 Fall of the Taungoo dynasty. Foundation of the Third Burmese Empire.
1752-1760 Continuation of a Burmese expansionist policy under the leadership of Alaungpaya.
1760 Foundation of Yangon, around the Shwedagon pagoda, by Alaungpaya.
1785 Fall of the kingdom of Arakan and foundation of Amarapura. Transfer from the Burmese capital to Amarapura.
1816-1824 Conquest of Manipur and Assam.
1824-1826 First Anglo-Burmese war: Manipur and Assam are taken over by the British, Tenasserim is conquered. Loss of Arakan and Tenasserim.
1852-1853 Second Anglo-Burmese war: Lower Burma is annexed by the British.
1853-1878 Prosperity under the reign of Mindon.
1857 Foundation of the last Burmese capital: Mandalay.
1872 Buddhist Synod in Mandalay.
1872 Burmese diplomatic convoy in Europe.
1884 Signature of a trade agreement between France and Burma.
1885 Anglo-Burmese lightning war, fall of the monarchy. Capture of Mandalay.
1886 Annexation of Burma to the Indian Empire.
1906 Expression of a nationalist movement.
1929 Creation of a nationalist party by Aung San and U Nu.
1935 Burma is separated from colonial India.
1937 Burma becomes a British colony under increasing nationalist pressure.
1938 Riots linked to the massive influx of the Indian population.
1941-1942 Japanese occupation.
1944-1945 Reconquest of Burma by the Allies.
1947 Assassination of Aung San, first head of government. London Conference, independence scheduled for January 1948.
1948 Gaining independence.
1948-1958 U Nu Prime Minister of the Union of Burma.
1948-1962 Revolt of the Karen and Kachin minorities. Civil war under the impetus of the Communists.
1954 Buddhist Synod in Yangon.
1958 Military Putsch.
1958-1960 U Nu returns to power.
1961 Buddhism is declared an official religion by U Nu.
1962 Establishment of the military dictatorship of General Ne Win. Establishment of a single party, choice of the "Burmese Way of Socialism".
1962-1981 Interethnic revolts, religious tensions.
1974 Martial law proclaimed.
1978 200,000 persecuted Rohingya Muslims flee.
1981 Resignation of Ne Win, who despite everything remains at the head of the party. U San Yu elected president.
1985-1987 Demonetizations.
1988 Popular revolt against the regime in place.
1990 Victory of the National League for Democracy in the elections. Maintaining the military junta in power. Aung San Suu Kyi is placed under house arrest.
1991 Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
1992 Unanimous condemnation by the UN of the Burmese policy of repression.
1996 Opening of the country to tourists.
1997 Burma enters ASEAN.
2002 Aung San Suu Kyi is released.
2003 New repression on Aung San Suu Kyi and her supporters, she finds herself again imprisoned by the government.
2004 The Prime Minister, Head of General Intelligence, Khyn Nyunt, is fired.
2005 Naypyidaw becomes the new official capital. All government offices are relocated 400 km from Yangon inland.
2006 A visit to the United Nations without result. Than Shwe extends Aung San Suu Kyi's imprisonment to one more year.
2007 Saffron revolution repressed in the blood.
2008 Cyclone Nargis kills hundreds of thousands.
2008 Adoption of a new civil constitution following a referendum. The Union of Myanmar becomes the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
2009 John Yettaw, an American, goes swimming in Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest.
2010 Elections, widely denounced by the international community, bringing to the presidency U Thein Sein, general and former Prime Minister.
December 2011 Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD becomes legal. Visit of Hillary Clinton, US Secretary of State.
January 2012 Visit of Alain Juppé, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and lifting of part of the European Union's economic sanctions.
April 2012 By-elections which sees the NLD winning 41 of the 45 seats at stake in the election.
June 2012 Aung San Suu Kyi makes a well-publicized visit to Europe, and receives in Oslo the Nobel Peace Prize which was awarded to her in 1991. On her return, she takes the oath on the Constitution and enters Parliament.
March-April 2013 Tensions between Buddhists and Muslims erupt in several cities across the country.
December 11-22, 2013 Myanmar is hosting the 27th Southeast Asian Games for the first time.
January 2014 For the first time, Myanmar assumes the rotating presidency of ASEAN.
August 2015 Floods in the Arakan region, in the west of the country, claim thousands of lives and cause major population displacements.
November 8, 2015 The NLD wins over 70% of the vote in the general election, giving it an absolute majority in both houses of Parliament. The democratic transition, if it is respected, should take place in February or March 2016.
November 2015 An accident at a jade mine in the north of the country kills more than 100, drawing attention to the country's economic and social problems.
March 2016 Htin Kyaw (NLD), close to Aung San Suu Kyi, becomes the new Burmese president. Myint Swe Henry Van Thio (NLD) is its vice-president. For the first time in 54 years, Burma has a civilian president.
April 2016 Aung San Suu Kyi gives up two ministries in the government which took office on April 1 but becomes government spokesperson.
August 2017 The Rohingya Muslim ethnic community is persecuted in the Arakan region in the west of the country. About 400,000 people fled Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh. The Burmese army, in response according to its leadership, to an attack by a Rohingya armed gr
January 2018 After months of conflict, a discussion between Myanmar and Bangladesh ends in agreement: within two years, the now 650,000 refugees will be repatriated to Arakan.
March 21, 2018 President Htin Kyaw announces his resignation due to health problems. Vice President and former General Myint Swe (USDP) takes office provisionally pending the election of a new President by Parliament.
March 30, 2018 Win Myint (NLD), one of Aung San Suu Kyi's relatives, is elected president of the country with 403 out of 626 votes. A former lawyer, from 1988 to 2015, he fought the country's military junta.

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