Burma

5/19 — The Prome Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in present-day Burma.

1/22 — The Ava Kingdom falls to the Taungoo Dynasty in what is now Burma.

1/18 — King Naresuan of Siam kills Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma in single combat, for which this date is now observed as Royal Thai Armed Forces day.

3/5 — حرب إنكلترا-ميانمار الأولى: أعلن البريطانيون رسميًا حربهم على ميانمار.

3/21 — World War II: British troops liberate Mandalay, Burma.

7/19 — Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.

1/4 — بورما تحصل على استقلالها عن المملكة المتحدة.

3/2 — In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.

10/9 — Rangoon bombing: Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.

7/23 — General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.

7/20 — Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.

5/30 — Depayin massacre: At least 70 people associated with the National League for Democracy are killed by government-sponsored mob in Burma. Aung San Suu Kyi fled the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.

5/2 — وصل الإعصار نارغيس إلى الساحل في ميانمار وأسفر عن مقتل أكثر من 138,000 شخص وترك ملايين من الناس بلا مأوى.

11/11 — A strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.

3/22 — تم قتل ما لا يقل عن 37 شخصًا وإصابة 200 آخرين بعد أن دمر النار مخيمًا يحتوي على لاجئين بورميزيين قرب قرية بان ماي، تايلاند.

4/24 — Pe Maung Tin, Burma-based scholar and educator (d. 1973)