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Conflict East Asia

Toungoo Dynasty Wars

1510 CE – 1599 CE · 89 years

The Toungoo Dynasty unified Burma and created the largest empire in Southeast Asian history under Bayinnaung, who conquered Siam, Lan Xang, and Manipur. His empire collapsed after his death, but set the template for modern Myanmar's borders.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Toungoo Dynasty (Tabinshwehti, Bayinnaung)
  • Shan states, Ayutthaya, Lan Xang

Key moments

Defining events in the Toungoo Dynasty Wars.

  1. 1539 Fall of Pegu
  2. 1569 Conquest of Ayutthaya
  3. 1555 Siege of Ava

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Polity · East Asia

Shan states

Attested 1530 CE – 1715 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Pha That Luang

1566 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Manila Galleon Trade

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Burmese–Siamese Wars

1547 CE – 1767 CE

Polity · East Asia

Japan (Warring States)

Attested 1530 CE – 1600 CE

Landmark · East Asia

Manila

1571 CE – still standing

Trade route · East Asia

Tea Horse Road

700 CE – 1950 CE

Conflict · East Asia

Imjin War (Japanese Invasions of Korea)

1592 CE – 1598 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1510 CE and 1599 CE.

1510 CE Toungoo Empire Wars 1547 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars 1566 CE Pha That Luang 1571 CE Manila 1571 CE Nagasaki

And in the rest of the world

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

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