Burma

State · 1820–1989 CE · at its largest around 1822 CE

The territory of Burma (Myanmar), ruled by the Konbaung kings until Britain annexed it in stages through three wars, then a British colony and from 1948 an independent state.

On its lands while it lasted

Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824–1885 CE): Three wars in which Britain conquered Burma; the last, in 1885, ended the Konbaung dynasty at Mandalay.
Chulalongkorn (1853 CE – 1910 CE): King Rama V of Siam, who modernised the state, abolished slavery and preserved Siamese independence amid British and French colonial expansion.
All-India Muslim League founded (1906 CE): Political party founded in Dhaka in 1906 that later led the campaign for Pakistan.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920 CE – 1975 CE): Leader of the Bangladeshi independence movement and first president of Bangladesh, assassinated in a 1975 coup.
Burma Railway (1942–1943 CE): Railway between Thailand and Burma built by Japan with forced labour; about 90,000 Asian labourers and 12,000 Allied prisoners of war died building it.
Aung San Suu Kyi (born 1945 CE): Burmese democracy leader and 1991 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent years under house arrest; de facto head of government from 2016 until the 2021 coup.
Bengali Language Movement (1952 CE): Protests in Dhaka for recognition of Bengali as a state language of Pakistan; police killed several students on 21 February 1952.
Sino-Indian War (1962 CE): Brief border war between China and India in the Himalayas, ending in a Chinese victory and ceasefire.
ASEAN founded (1967 CE): Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations with the Bangkok Declaration of 8 August 1967.
1970 Bhola cyclone (1970 CE): Tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan in November 1970, killing an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people, one of the deadliest on record.
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971 CE): War in which East Pakistan, with Indian intervention, won independence from Pakistan as Bangladesh.
Dhaka (c. 1973 CE): Capital of People's Republic of Bangladesh (1973–today).
8888 Uprising (1988 CE): Nationwide pro-democracy protests in Burma peaking on 8 August 1988, crushed by the military; Aung San Suu Kyi emerged as opposition leader.