Bangkaeo Campaign
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Bangkaeo Campaign or the Battle of Bangkaeo was a military conflict between Burma under the Konbaung dynasty and the Siamese Thonburi Kingdom under King Taksin in February–April 1775, in which Maha Th
Painting depicting the Battle of Bangkaeo from the Old Thonburi Palace
Binnya Sein (Mon: ဗညာစိင် Thai: พระยาเจ่ง; Phraya Jeng), led an attempted rebellion against Burma in 1774 and took residence in Siam. He later became Chaophraya Mahayotha the commander of Mon regiment for King Rama I.
Bangkaeo Campaign: Burmese Invasion of Western Siam. Green represents Burmese routes. Red represents Siamese counter-offensives.
Mon immigrants in Ratchaburi later founded the Bhardaw (Mon: ဘာဒေါဝ်) or Peato Temple in Photharam district in the Early Rattanakosin Period. The temple was later named Wat Khongkharam.
Thonburi Kingdom
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The Thonburi Kingdom was a major Siamese kingdom which existed in Southeast Asia from 1767 to 1782, centred on the city of Thonburi, in Siam or present-day Thailand. The kingdom was founded by Taksin,
Journey of Phraya Tak from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi and his return to reconquer Ayutthaya in 1767, according to traditional Thai historiography.
Siamese invasion of Cambodia and Hà Tiên in 1771 and Vietnamese counter-offensives in 1772.
Kawila of Lampang, vassal lord of Lampang to Taksin and the first two Chakri monarchs, helped to repopulate Lan Na in the late 18th-early 19th centuries