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| 1727 |
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| Chiengmai rebelled against Ava control. | 1 |
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| 1739 |
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| The Shan state of Kengtung rebelled as well. Between 1727 and 1743, governors of Martaban, Tavoy, Syriam, Toungoo, and Prome were killed or driven out by local rebels. | 2 |
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| 1740 |
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| Leaders of Pegu rebelled and declared their independence. | 3 |
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| 1752 |
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| Ava fell after two months of siege by a southern army that included representatives of several ethnic groups and was led by a prince of Shan descent. The king fled and the Toungoo dynasty ended. | 4 |
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| 1753 |
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| Alaungpaya, founder of the Konbaung dynasty, reunited Burma with assistance from the English East India Company and in opposition to the French. His second successor destroyed Ayutthaya (1767) and subdued Siam for a time, retaining the Tenasserim coast in Burmese possession. (See Burma) | 5 |
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