• The Golden Letter is a manuscript written on rolled gold in the Burmese language, which was sent on 7 May 1756 by King Alaungpaya of Burma to the King...
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    in Yangon The Golden Letter of King Alaungpaya to King George ll of Great Britain of 7 May 1756 was inscribed into the UNESCO Memory of the World register...
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    Jacques Leider (category Historians of Asia)
    Letter” that King Alaungpaya of Burma has sent to British king George II in 1756. TheGolden Letter” has been added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register...
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    Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) (category 1759 in the Ayutthaya Kingdom)
    the Mons of Hanthawaddy in 1752, the Burmese resurged powerful under King Alaungpaya who founded the new Konbaung dynasty in 1752. In the course of Burmese...
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    years of fighting. In 1760, Burma began a series of wars with Siam that would last well into the middle of the 19th century. By 1770, Alaungpaya's heirs...
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    early 1760. The Burmese reached and attacked Ayutthaya in April 1760 but the arrival of rainy season and sudden illness of Alaungpaya prompted the Burmese...
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  • wife to the capital of Burma to find work at the court of King Alaungpaya. During his monkhood, Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu was the teacher of the only guardian...
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    arose against the Mons and reconquered Upper Burma, proclaiming himself King Alaungpaya and establishing militaristic regime of the new Konbaung dynasty...
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    combined 40,000-strong force of Burmese armies invaded it from the north and west.: 250  The Burmese under the new Alaungpaya dynasty quickly rose to become...
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  • Chaophraya Phitsanulok (category Chao mueang of Thailand)
    Phonnarat of Wat Phra Chettuphon. On November 28, 1762, King Hsinbyushin of Burma, according to King Alaungpaya died. To uphold Alaungpaya's wish, King Hsinbyushin...
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    under Alaungpaya defeating the Restored Hanthawaddy, and by 1759 he had reunited all of Myanmar and Manipur and driven out the French and the British...
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    forbidden by King Alaungpaya in the 18th century.[citation needed] When General Ne Win swept to power on a wave of nationalism in 1962, the status of Muslims...
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    against the Burmese. French warships were sent to support the Mon rebellion, but in vain. In 1756, the Burmese under Alaungpaya vanquished the Mon. Many...
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    France to the British. April 11 – The Burmese Army, under the command of King Alaungpaya, reaches the outskirts of Siam's capital, Ayutthaya, but then...
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