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 — First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.

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 — Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

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 — 缅甸统治军政府将反对派领导人昂山素季软禁在家中。

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 — Cyclone Nargis makes landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless.

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

3/22 — At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.

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