Taksin
Also known as King of Thailand, King Taksin, King Krung Thonburi, King Boromracha 4, Phra Choa Taksin, Phrachoa Tak, Phrachpa Taksin Maharaja, Taksin The Great
Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.
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- Resistance and independence
- Establishment of the capital
- Reign
- Accession to the throne
- Reunification of Siam
- Wars with Burma
- First campaign
- Second campaign
- Third campaign
- Fourth campaign
- Fifth campaign
- Sixth campaign
- Seventh campaign
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- Sacking of Vientiane
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Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.
Taksin had been an aristocrat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom and then was a major leader during the liberation of Siam from Burmese occupation after the Second Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, and the subsequent unification of Siam after it fell under various warlords. He established the city of Thonburi as the new capital, as the city of Ayutthaya had been almost completely destroyed by the invaders. His reign was characterized by numerous wars; he fought to repel new Burmese invasions and to subjugate the northern Thai kingdom of Lanna, the Laotian principalities, and threatening Cambodia.