{"slug": "toungoo-dynasty", "label": "Toungoo dynasty", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toungoo_dynasty", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519718", "qid": "Q519718", "description": "ruling dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from the mid-16th century to 1752", "entries": 19, "years": 18, "span": [1279, 1698], "span_label": ["1279 CE", "1698 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 14}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Kingdom of Toungoo", "Taungoo Dynasty", "Taungoo dynasty", "Toungoo Dynasty"], "related": [{"slug": "myanmar", "label": "Myanmar", "shared": 10}, {"slug": "taungoo", "label": "Taungoo", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "bayinnaung", "label": "Bayinnaung", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "lan-na", "label": "Lan Na", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-ava", "label": "Kingdom of Ava", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "shan-states", "label": "Shan States", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "chiang-mai", "label": "Chiang Mai", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "inwa", "label": "Inwa", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "september", "label": "September", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nanda-bayin", "label": "Nanda Bayin", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "old-style-and-new-style-dates", "label": "Old Style and New Style dates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "laos", "label": "Laos", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1279, "year_label": "1279 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Thawun Gyi settles at Taungoo (modern-day Myanmar), and becomes the first ruler of the Toungoo dynasty (until 1317).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487704#Asia", "title": "1279", "revid": 1362487704, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1317, "year_label": "1317 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 23", "text": "June 23 – Thawun Gyi, Burmese founder and ruler of Toungoo (b. 1258)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368785088#Deaths", "title": "1317", "revid": 1368785088, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1510, "year_label": "1510 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Mingyi Nyo declares independence from the Ava Kingdom in upper Burma, by establishing the Toungoo dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366972051#October–December", "title": "1510", "revid": 1366972051, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1530, "year_label": "1530 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Tabinshwehti succeeds his father Mingyi Nyo as king of the Toungoo dynasty, following the latter's death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794362#October–December", "title": "1530", "revid": 1366794362, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1542, "year_label": "1542 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – The Prome Kingdom, in modern-day central Burma, is conquered by the Taungoo Dynasty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359947406#April–June", "title": "1542", "revid": 1359947406, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1543, "year_label": "1543 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 (11 waxing of Natdaw 905 ME) – The land and naval forces of the Confederation of Shan States (consisting of the principalities of Mohnyin, Mogaung, Bhamo, Momeik and Kale), led by Prince Sawlon of Mohnyin and King Hkonmaing, depart from the Shan capital, Awa, to start an invasion of the Toungoo Empire in upper Myanmar. The invaders easily overrun Toungoo and its capital at Prome a week later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369357899#October–December", "title": "1543", "revid": 1369357899, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "c. September – Mobye Narapati succeeds as ruler of the Ava Kingdom and offers peace to the Taungoo dynasty, ending the Taungoo–Ava War (1538–45), and leaving the Taungoo as the dominant rulers in Burma.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#July–September", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 (10th waxing of Tabodwe 915 ME) – Bayinnaung is crowned king of the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty at his new capital at Pegu, after a previous coronation on January 11, 1551, and takes the regnal name of Thiri Thudhamma Yaza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#January–March", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 28", "text": "January 28 – Bayinnaung, King of Burma and head of the Toungoo dynasty, conquers two the Shan States, Möng Mit and Hsipaw in what is now northern Myanmar. The event is later commemorated with an inscription on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#January–March", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1557, "year_label": "1557 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The Burmese conquest of the Shan States continues as the capital of the Mongkawng state, Mong Kawng, falls to the Toungoo dynasty invaders, five days after the March 6 surrender of the town of Mong Yang. The event is later commemorated on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365955110#January–March", "title": "1557", "revid": 1365955110, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1565, "year_label": "1565 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – The army of Burma, under the command of King Bayinnaung conquers Chiang Mai, capital of the Siamese Kingdom of Lan Na, and departs on November 30.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323811827#October–December", "title": "1565", "revid": 1323811827, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – (5th waxing of Tazaungmon 952 ME) – In what is now Myanmar, King Nanda Bayin of Burma sends a 10,000-man army, led by the Viceroy Thado Dhamma Yaza III of Prome, and General Natshinnaung to suppress a rebellion in the Shan state of Mogaung.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#October–December", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1595, "year_label": "1595 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 (March 29 O.S.) – Combined Taungoo–Lan Na armies break the rebel Thado Dhamma Yaza's siege of Taungoo, in modern-day Myanmar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339059002#April–June", "title": "1595", "revid": 1339059002, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – The Kingdom of Toungoo (now Myanmar) is retaken by King Anaukpetlun of Burma, as rebel leader Natshinnaung surrenders the city of Taungoo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#July–September", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1614, "year_label": "1614 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – The Kingdom of Lan Na (in modern-day northern Thailand) is invaded by 17,000 troops commanded by King Anaukpetlun of Burma (modern Myanmar). Lan Na's King Thado Kyaw is unsuccessful in getting assistance from the Kingdom of Siam, and turns to the Kingdom of Lan Xang (modern Laos), which provides assistance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372816433#April–June", "title": "1614", "revid": 1372816433, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1661, "year_label": "1661 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Pye Min, younger brother of King Pindale Min of Burma, leads a bloody coup d'etat and ascends the throne. Pindale Min and his family (including his primary wife, a son and a grandson) are drowned in the Chindwin River. Pye Min reigns until 1672.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986603#April–June", "title": "1661", "revid": 1365986603, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "June 1", "text": "June 1 — Zhu Youlang, the Yongli Emperor of Southern Ming, is captured in killed by forces led by Wu Sangui, while in Toungoo dynasty-ruled Burma. The last of the Ming dynasty pretenders have been defeated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363645495#Events", "title": "1662 in China", "revid": 1363645495, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1663, "year_label": "1663 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 10", "text": "February 10 – The army of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) captures Chiang Mai from the Kingdom of Burma (now Myanmar), using it as a base for launching a larger attack on the Burmese coast in November.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988068#January–March", "title": "1663", "revid": 1365988068, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 4", "text": "May 4 – At the imperial capital at Inwa, Sanay Min of the Toungoo dynasty becomes the new King of Burma upon the death of his father, Minye Kyawhtin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#April–June", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}