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Pha That Luang

1566 CE – still standing

The golden stupa national symbol of Laos in Vientiane, believed to enshrine a relic of the Buddha, originally built in the 3rd century BC

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Pha That Luang on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1530 CE)
  2. Ayutthaya (1600 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Laotian states (1650 CE–1715 CE) Border precision: Defined
  4. Rattanakosin Kingdom (1783 CE–1880 CE) Border precision: Defined
  5. French Indochina (1900 CE–1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  6. French Indo-China (1920 CE–1930 CE) Border precision: Defined
  7. Laos (1938 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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Polity · East Asia

China

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · East Asia

House of Taga

900 CE – 1700 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States)

1467 CE – 1615 CE

Polity · East Asia

Manchu Empire

Attested 1650 CE – 1914 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Ayutthaya

1351 CE – 1767 CE

Trade route · East Asia

Manila Galleon Trade

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Qing Conquest of Ming Dynasty

1618 CE – 1683 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1566 CE and 2026 CE.

1571 CE Manila 1571 CE Nagasaki 1585 CE Erdene Zuu Monastery 1587 CE San Agustin Church 1592 CE Imjin War (Japanese Invasions of Korea)

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Venice–Constantinople Route Trade route · Europe 800 CE – 1600 CE Catherine de' Medici Figure · France 1519 CE – 1589 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing
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