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Important Events
in Myanmar |
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Important Events
in the World |
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3.9 billion
years ago |
Oldest rocks of the earth. Precambrian time |
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Pondaung Man, the earliest primates known today, resided
in Pondaung, northern Myanmar. Other traces of early human
settlements are also found. |
40 Million
years ago |
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1 Million
years ago |
Traces of Java Man, Indonesia |
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900,000
years ago |
Peking Man, China |
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600,000
years ago |
Lantian man, China |
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BC 3300 |
Writing developed in Sumeria |
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BC 3100 |
Egypt united |
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3000 |
Birth of Greece |
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BC 2500 |
Begining of Indus Valley civilization |
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BC 2590 |
Great pyramid of Giza built |
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Hanlin Pyu City State, Beikthano (Vishnu) Pyu City State,
Thuwunna Bonmi (Ramanya) City State came into existance |
BC 2000 |
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BC 1500 |
Jewish religion emerges |
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BC 1220 |
Olmec civilization rises in Mexico |
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BC 800 |
Etruscan culture rises in Italy |
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BC 750 |
Sparta rises as military power |
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Tharay Kittarar (Srikittra) Pyu City State founded. |
BC 1000 |
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566-480 |
Life
of Buddha and the emergence of Buddhism |
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459-331 |
Rise
and fall of Persian Empire |
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Waytharlee Kingdom founded |
BC 518 |
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BC 509 |
Monarchy ended in Rome and became a republic |
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BC 479 |
Death of Confucious |
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BC 250 |
Maya
civilization emerges |
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BC 221-214 |
Great Wall of China built |
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BC 51-30 |
Reign of Queen Cleopatra VII |
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30 |
Roman captured Egypt |
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BC 44 |
Julius Ceaser assisinated |
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1 AD |
Birth of Jesus Christ |
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27 |
Death of Christ |
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100 |
Paper invented in China |
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330 |
Christianity becomes religion of Roman Empire |
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476 |
Fall
of Rome |
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Bagan Dynasty began as a city-state. |
107 |
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571-632 |
Life
of prophet Mohammed |
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800 |
Rise
of Ghana in W. Africa |
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The
First Myanmar Empire founded after
King Anawrahtar organized the whole country into a
single soverign. |
1044-1077 |
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1066 |
William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, defeated Anglo-
Saxons and founded today's England, which resulted the birth
of English language. |
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The
earliest Myanmar script carved on stone by Prince Yarza
Komer. |
1100 |
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Bagan Dynasty fall. Many pagodas in Bagan were destroyed as
a source of bricks to build forts urgently, in
defending Genghis Khan's troops from Mongolia. |
1287 |
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Founding of the Second Myanmar Empire,
Hantharwaddy (Bago) Dynasty |
1287 |
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1300 |
Gunpowder revolution |
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Pinya Dynasty founded. |
1309 |
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Sagaing Dynasty established. |
1315 |
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Innwa Dynasty founded. |
1364 |
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TaungNgoo Dynasty established. |
1486 |
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Founding of the Third Myanmar Empire,
Konbaung Dynasty. |
1752 |
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First Anglo-Burmese War |
1824-26 |
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1839-42 |
First Opium War, China |
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Second Anglo-Burmese War, where
General Bandoola died. King Mindon nationalized
petroleum production. |
1852 |
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Industrial revolution took place during King Mindon's reign.
Sent fact-finding missions and trainees to the West. |
1853-1878 |
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1868-1912 |
Industrial revolution broke out in Japan during Meiji
period. Sent fact-finding missions and trainees to the West. |
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The
first Myanmar ambassador to Europe, Kinwun Mingyee U Kaung
travelled to Europe, with King Mindon's steamer ship called
Yaynanyinthar. |
1876? |
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Third Anglo-Burmese War. Great Britain captured the whole
part of Myanmar. |
1885 |
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David Sime Cargill founded BOC (Burmah Oil Company)
investing 1.5 million Sterling pounds, and later up to 18
million pounds. |
1886 |
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70,000 barrels of petroleum produced. |
1888 |
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Standard Oil Company, the first American oil company in
Myanmar, began its operation. |
1901 |
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5,000,000 barrels of petroleum produced. |
1910 |
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1914-18 |
The
First World War |
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1939 |
Siam
officially changed the country's name to Thailand. |
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Drove out British. Japanese invaded |
1940 |
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Myanmar was the 14th largest petroleum producer in the whole
world. |
1915 |
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1939-45 |
The
Second World War |
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40
million Sterling pounds worth of petroleum-related
machineries (including 2 refinery plants) destroyed by the
British before their withdrawl to India. |
1942 |
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1945 |
Birth of the United Nations. The first atomic bomb tested. |
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Drove out Japanese. Allied Forces came in. General Aung San
assasinated. |
1947 |
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Founding of the Fourth Myanmar Union, Union
of Burma, after independence on 4th January from British.
Myanmar joined The United Nations as 59th member. |
1948 |
The
world's first computer invented. |
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Revolutionary Council took over |
1962 |
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Became a socialist republic. The flag changed. The emblem
changed. The national anthem unchanged. |
1974 |
The
first personal computer by Altair launched, followed by
another version by Apple, 1977. |
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SLORC took over. The first multi-purpose .language
software "Ava Burmese Font" for Macintosh by John Okell. |
1988 |
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The
name of the country, Burma changed to Myanmar |
1989 |
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Multi-Party General Elections held in Myanmar. |
1990 |
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The
first multi-purpose. language software "Pioneer Myanmar
Font" for MS-Windows by
WinMyanmar
Systems. |
1992 |
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The
official government website "myanmar.com"
launched. |
1994 |
The
usage of internet began to spread widely to public, and
internet revolution began. |
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Myanmar joined ASEAN |
1996 |
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SLORC changed name to SPDC. The first email service became
available. |
1997 |
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2000 |
Y2K-problem will disturb older computer systems. |
Birth of Myanmar Information and Communication Technology
Park (MICT Park)
"mict-park.com.mm" |
2001 |
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