Year
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Event
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1600
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Creation of the English East India Company in London on 31 Dec 1600 following the voyage of Ralph Fitch.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1602
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Creation of the Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC).
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1602
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The Dutch settled at Patani their factory being established in 1602, the year the Dutch East India Company received its first charter.
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 44]
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1605
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The Dutch factory in Patani was burned by the Japanese. The Dutch remained and for many years they were the chief traders, carrying on a
vigorous commerce with Bantam.
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 44]
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1607
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Siamese Embassy to the Portuguese Viceroy at Goa to lodge a complaint against some Portuguese resident in Pegu. The Embassy set sail from
Tenasserim.
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 38]
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1607
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Departure of a Siamese embassy to Holland. The embassy consisting of 16 men arrived end 1607 at the VOC post in Bantam and were received
reluctantly by Admiral Cornelis Matelieff de Jonge. The Siamese took off from Bantam to Holland on 28 January 1608 with Admiral Matelieff on
board of his shop the "Oranje". The "Oranje" arrived in Holland on 2 September 1608.
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 38]
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1608
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The Dutch Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC) opens a factory in Ayutthaya.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1608
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The third Khlong Lat (short cut) on the Chao Phraya River was dug in 1608. Khlong Lat Kret Yai, was dug above Pathumthani to shrink 18
kilometers to 7.
[Reference: The Chao Phya, River in Transition - Steve Van Beeck (1995) - page 39.]
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1608
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Arrival of a Siamese embassy to Holland on 2 September 1608. The Siamese embassy was received on 11 September 1608 in audience at Den
Haag by the Prince of Oranje, Maurice of Nassau and presented a number of valuable gifts.
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 38]
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1612
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The English Ship "The Globe" arrives at Patani on 23 June 1612. The Queen of Patani receives the factors with a good reception. The factors
deliver a present and a letter from King James I, laid on a gold basin. Though much difficulty was experienced in obtaining the authorization to
build a warehouse, the English East-Indian Company (EIC) finally the received a piece of ground sixty yards long and forty broad to construct a
go-down..
[Ref: English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century - John Anderson (1890) - Page 48]
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1613
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In 1613 the Governor of Tavoy (Siam) made an attack on Re (Ye), a town north of Tavoy. The prince, one of the brothers of the King of Ava
(Burma) was captured and brought to Ayutthaya. The King of Ava immediately attacked and subjected Tavoy. He continued further to
Tenasserim, in an attack by land and sea, but encountered strong resistance of the Siamese aided by four galliots (small galleys) manned by 40
Portuguese and seventy slaves commanded by Christopher Eebello, an outlaw from Cochin. The King of Ava was driven off with considerable
losses in January 1614 and Tavoy was retaken.
[Ref: 1. A History of Siam - W.A.R. Wood (1924) - Chalermnit Press - Page 164. Ref 2. English Intercourse with Siam in the 17th century -
John Anderson (1890) - Page 39.]
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1616
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King Songtham (r.1610/1611-1628) sent a diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1616. The mission was well received by
the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada
[Reference: Southeast Asian History Seminar: Ayudhya and the Japanese – Nithi Iawsriwong (1999)]
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1616
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Creation of the Danish East Indian Company with dealings in Siam.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1621
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King Songtham (r.1610/1611-1628) sent a diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1621. The mission was well received by
the second shogun Tokugawa Hidetada.
.
[Reference: Southeast Asian History Seminar: Ayudhya and the Japanese – Nithi Iawsriwong (1999)]
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1622
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Closure of the Dutch "factory" in Ayutthaya (1622); apparently a VOC representative remained (Justus Schouten) in order to keep buying
merchandise after the Dutch ships left.
[Reference: Een brief aan Jan Pietersz. Coen teruggevonden - W. Coolhaas - Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 112 (1956), no: 4,
Leiden, 403-415]
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1622
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Closure of the English East-Indian Company (EIC) in Ayutthaya.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1623
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King Songtham (r.1610/1611-1628) sent a diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1623. The mission was well received.
[Reference: Southeast Asian History Seminar: Ayudhya and the Japanese – Nithi Iawsriwong (1999)]
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1626
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King Songtham (r.1610/1611-1628) sent a diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1626. The mission was well received by
the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
[Reference: Southeast Asian History Seminar: Ayudhya and the Japanese – Nithi Iawsriwong (1999)]
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1626
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1626 Arrival of the mission of Father Pedro de Morejon in Ayutthaya in 1626. The Spanish Jesuit received the task from the Governor of Manila
to seek the release of the Spanish prisoners caught in the Don Fernando De Silva incident of 1624 and to help start a Jesuit mission in Siam. With
him were Fr. Roman Nixi, a Japanese, and Antonio Cardim, a Portuguese priest with Laos as destination. Fr. Morejon left Manila in January
1626 and arrived in Ayutthaya in March. His mission on behalf of the Spaniards was successful and he returned to Manila with the released
prisoners.
[Reference: The Jesuits in Thailand - Part I 1607 - 1767 By Pietro Cerutti, S.J.]
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1629
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Prasat Thong (r. 1629-1656) sent a diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan in 1629. The third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu
rejected this mission because of Prasat Thong's usurpation of the throne and the reported conflicts with the Japanese community in Siam. The
shogunate never gave recognition to Prasat Thong's trials in establishing new diplomatic relations. Japan changed it foreign policy under Tokugawa
Iemitsu. It started a period of international isolation through a number of edicts from 1633 onwards, what culminated after the Shimabara
Rebellion of 1637 in progressively tighter restrictions, monopolizing foreign policy, and expelling traders, missionaries, and foreigners.
[Reference: Southeast Asian History Seminar: Ayudhya and the Japanese – Nithi Iawsriwong (1999)]
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1633
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In 1633 Gouvernor-General Henrick Brouwer ordered the re-opening of the Dutch "factorij" in Ayutthaya. Justus Schouten returning from
Firando (Japan) was designated to demand the authorization of the Siamese King. Schouten became the first "opperhoofd" until April 1636.
Large profits were seen in the export of deer hides and skins to Japan.
[Reference: Een brief aan Jan Pietersz. Coen teruggevonden - W. Coolhaas - Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 112 (1956), no: 4,
Leiden, 403-415]
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1636
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The fourth Khlong Lat (short cut) on the Chao Phraya River was dug in 1636. A dozen kilometers downriver, Khlong Lat Muang Nonthaburi
was cut across the neck of Maenam Om by King Prasat Thong. It spared 17 kilometers from the 22-Km journey.
[Reference: The Chao Phya, River in Transition - Steve Van Beeck (1995) - page 39.]
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1636
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Dutch Picnic incident at Ayutthaya.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1662
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Migration from Talaing (Mon) from Martaban. Chinese harassment of Burma started from 1648 onward. Ten year later, with the Chinese still
hanging around, agricultural activities slow down and shortage of rice occurred. Lower Burma became disturbed. In 1661, the Prince of Prome
raised an insurrection, and was crowned as King Maha Pawara Dhamma Raja. In 1662, the Governor of Martaban (1) ordered a force of 3000
men out of his municipalities, to help the King of Burma in defending Ava and to expel the Chinese. A large number of Mon escaped the force
and returned to Martaban. The Governor arrested the Mon who fled back, put them in cages and threatened to burn them to death. Five
thousand Mon advanced on Martaban, burned down the town and took the Governor in custody. The Talaing insurgents could hold the town for
a while, but realized they would not escape the wrath of the King of Ava. The Talaings assembled their families and with more than 10.000
people started their flight to Siam in direction of the Three Pagoda Pass. A front guard advanced to Kanchanaburi in order to give account of the
occurrences to King Narai. The King sent some thousand Mon troop to meet them and to guide the refugees to Kanchanaburi. The Mon nobles
were received for an audience at the court and arrangements were made to harbour the families in the vicinity of Samkhok, partly near Khlong
Khu Cham, in the vicinity of Wat Tha Hoi and partly in the neighborhood of the Monastery of the Card Slap [not determined]. A Burmese force
was sent down and reoccupied Martaban.
[References: The Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya - Richard D. Cushman (2006) - page 256-258 / Source: Phan Canthanumat.]
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1662
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Arrival of the first French Missionaries in Siam.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1663
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Dutch blockade of the Chao Phraya River for five months.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1664
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Siamese embassy to the court of Golconda.
[Ref: Masulipatam: A metropolitan port in the seventeenth century - Alam - page 178.]
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1664
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Creation of French East India Company under Colbert.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1669
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Siamese embassy to the Safavid court of Persia under Shah Sulayman (r.1666-1694)
[Ref: Records of the relations between Siam and foreign countries in the seventeenth century copied from papers preserved at the India office, 5
vols]
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1678
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(Circa) Arrival of Phaulkon in Siam.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1680
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1680/1681 - Siamese embassy to Safavid court of Persia.
[Ref: 1688 Revolution in Siam. The memoirs of Father de Beze - E.W. Hutchinson (1990) - White Lotus, Bangkok - page 127/128]
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1680
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First Siamese Embassy leaves for France (establishment of commercial relations). This embassy to Louis XIV and the pope was lost with the
shipwreck of the "Soleil d'Orient" off Madagascar towards the end of 1681, with no survivors.
[Ref: A Siamese Embassy lost in Africa 1686 - Michael Smithies (1999) - page 1]
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1680
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French East India Company establish a go-down in Siam.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1683
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(Circa) Constantine Phaulkon enters the service of King Narai as Phra Klang, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, without taking the title.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
[Ref: A Siamese Embassy lost in Africa 1686 - Michael Smithies (1999) - page 1]
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1683
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1683/1684 - Siamese embassy to the Safavid court of Persia led by Hajji Salim Mazandarani.
[Ref: estat de la Perse en 1660 - pere Raphael Du Mans (ed. Charles Schefer) Paris, Ernest Leroux (1890) - page 339 appendix.]
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1683
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King Narai sends two Siamese envoys to enquire about the fate of his ambassadors, shepherd by Fr. Vachet. Arrival in France of the two
Siamese envoys in 1684.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1685
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The First French Embassy of Chaumont and Choisy leaves Brest on the "Oiseau" and the "Maligne" on 03 March 1685. Arrival of the French
Embassy in Siam on 23 September 1685. Solemn Audience of the first French Embassy at Ayutthaya on 18 October 1685.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1685
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Claude de Forbin invested Admiral, General of The King of Siam's Armies and Governor of Bangkok on 10 Dec 1685.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1685
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Farewell audience of the first French Embassy at Lopburi on 12 December 1685.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1685
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The French Embassy departs for France on 22 December 1685 leaving de Forbin and the engineer de La Mare to serve King Narai.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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Persian (Safavid court) embassy to the court of Ayutthaya.
[Ref: The Ship of Sulayman - Persian Heritage Series No. 11 - John O'Kane (1972)]
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1686
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Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou leave Ayutthaya for Macao and meet de Forbin at Bangkok on 02 July 1686.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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Plot of the Makassars in Ayutthaya discovered around mid-July 1686. Phaulcon ordered de Forbin to stop a Makassarese ship at Bangkok,
resulting in a slaughter of the Siamese troops.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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de Forbin ordered by Phaulkon to arrest Captain Lake on his ship the "Prudent Mary" in August 1686.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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Fathers de Fontaney, Bouvet, Gerbillon and Visdelou meet de Forbin in Bangkok on 12 Sep 1686 after being shipwrecked off Cambodia.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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Second attack on the Macassar camp in Ayutthaya on 14 Sep 1686.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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1686
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1686 - de Forbin leaves Siam on the French East Indian Company ship "Saint-Louis" in December 1686.
[Ref: The Siamese memoirs of Count Claude de Forbin 1685-1688 - Michael Smithies (1996)]
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