As Nominator

2 May 2014: ... that Ko Ko Gyi, a Burmese democracy activist who spent over 17 years in prison on multiple occasions between 1989 and 2012, may run for parliament in the next Burmese election?
11 June 2020: ... that the Taungtha, an unrecognized ethnic group of Myanmar, claim descent from the Pyu during the reign of the legendary King Thamoddarit of Pagan?

As Contributor

First 100

10 October 2009: ... that Rakhine State in present-day western Burma was an independent country before it was invaded and annexed by Konbaung Burmese forces led by Thado Minsaw in 1784?
6 December 2009: ... that in 1298, three brothers established the Myinsaing Kingdom after inviting King Kyawswa of Pagan to lead the dedication of a monastery, only to dethrone him and force him to become a monk?
20 July 2010: ... that Takayutpi, who reigned from 1526 to 1539, was the last sovereign king of Hanthawaddy Pegu?
25 March 2011: ... that Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War was the last of several wars between the Burmese-speaking Upper Burma and the Mon-speaking Lower Burma, ending the Mon people's centuries-long dominance of Lower Burma?
23 April 2011: ... that Alaungpaya was a village headman who founded the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma, and unified the country for the third time in its history?

6 May 2011: ... that the Burmese were "on the brink of victory" in the Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) when they suddenly withdrew from their siege of Ayutthaya because their king Alaungpaya had fallen ill?
17 July 2011: ... that the Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) ended the four-century-old Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1767 but the Burmese were forced to withdraw within the year of their victory by the Chinese invasions of Burma?
27 August 2011: ... that the Royal Burmese Army employed a conscription system that required local chiefs to supply men from their jurisdiction on the basis of population?
18 April 2012: ... that Thamudarit, who according to legend reigned over the Pagan Kingdom from 107 to 152 CE, was only proclaimed the founder of this kingdom in 1829?
27 April 2012: ... that the Glass Palace Chronicle in 1829 proclaimed Abhiyaza as the founder of the Burmese monarchy in contradiction to the prevailing pre-Buddhist origin myth?

29 June 2012: ... that extant Burmese chronicles are the most extensive and detailed historical records available in Southeast Asia but many lesser known chronicles remain unstudied?
28 August 2012: ... that Yazawin Thit, the first historical document in Southeast Asia written in consultation with epigraphic evidence, was rejected after being judged too critical of the prior Burmese chronicles?
28 September 2012: ... that the 18th-century Burmese chronicle Maha Yazawin of Toungoo Dynasty has formed the basis for all subsequent histories of the country?
29 September 2012: ... that according to Buddhist cosmology, in the beginning of the world, Maha Sammata was elected by the people of Jambudvipa, the only habitable continent on earth, to be their first monarch?
21 May 2013: ... that King Razagyi of Arakan sacked and burned down Pegu, the capital of Toungoo Empire in 1600?

23 July 2013: ... that Mingyi Swe, Viceroy of Toungoo (r. 1540–1549) and the father of King Bayinnaung, started out as a royal household servant of King Tabinshwehti of Toungoo Burma?
3 August 2013: ... that Saw Binnya, Viceroy of Martaban, in 1541 offered half of his treasury to become a vassal of Goa in exchange for Portuguese military assistance against Toungoo Burma?
6 August 2013: ... that Mon admiral Smim Payu switched to supporting the Burmese Toungoo and led a naval attack that ended his former kingdom?
29 August 2013: ... that Thado Dhamma Yaza I of Prome is identified in Thai history as the Burmese commander who slew Queen Suriyothai on her war elephant in the first Burmese invasion of Siam?
2 September 2013: ... that the Myanmar Securities Exchange Centre is the only stock exchange in Burma (Myanmar), and has had only two listings since its founding in 1996?

2 December 2013: ... that Thado Dhamma Yaza II, Viceroy of Prome in the 1500s, fought in nearly every military campaign of his brother King Bayinnaung, and helped to expand and defend the Toungoo Empire?
28 December 2013: ... that the Yangon-based Myanmar National Symphony Orchestra, founded in 2001, was permitted to perform just three public concerts in its first dozen years of existence?
12 January 2014: ... that Queen Saw Omma, when told she was to be killed lest she pass to another man, replied to her would-be assassin "Nga Nu, aren't you a man?"
18 February 2014: ... that Binnya Dala, the most trusted adviser and general of King Bayinnaung of Burma, translated Razadarit Ayedawbon, the earliest extant chronicle of the Mon people?
28 April 2014: ... that the late 16th-century yadu poems by Queen Hsinbyushin Medaw are among the earliest Burmese language records of Lan Na?

8 June 2014: ... that Crown Princess Yaza Datu Kalaya is the subject of some of the "most beautiful poems in Burmese literature" by her nephew and husband Natshinnaung?
15 June 2014: ... that Nawrahta Minsaw, the first Burmese ruler of Lan Na, was also an accomplished poet in the yadu style?
22 June 2014: ... that according to Thai history, Crown Prince Mingyi Swa of Burma is said to have been killed in single combat by King Naresuan of Siam?
22 July 2014: ... that the Toungoo Dynasty's decisive victory over Ava and its allies in the Toungoo–Ava War (1538–45) cemented the upstart kingdom's emergence as the largest polity in Burma since 1287?
26 August 2014: ... that Hkonmaing I, the saopha of Onbaung–Hsipaw, was the only steadfast ally of King Narapati II of Ava for over twenty years in Ava's wars against its former vassal states?

18 September 2014: ... that in 1547 Mrauk-U defenses stopped an invasion by the Taungoo Dynasty of Burma by opening the sluices of the Mrauk-U city's reservoirs, and flooding out the invaders?
14 November 2014: ... that the forces of Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo and his ally Raza II of Arakan ended the Toungoo Empire by capturing Pegu (Bago) in 1599?
10 December 2014: ... that King Nyaungyan of the Toungoo Dynasty, who started the reunification of Burma after the collapse of the Toungoo Empire, is also referred to as the founder of the Restored Toungoo Dynasty?
2 January 2015: ... that King Bayinnaung of Burma entered into several marriages of state, and had more than 50 wives and nearly 100 children?
10 January 2015: ... that Queen Myat Hla, given away by King Minkhaung I of Ava to another man just five months into their marriage, returned to Ava as the chief queen 16 years later when the other man became king?

16 January 2015: ... that Queen Pwa Saw, who wielded considerable political power for at least four decades in 13th-century Burma, was the subject of the novel She Was a Queen by Maurice Collis?
26 January 2015: ... that King Narathihapate of Pagan compared his Chief Minister Yazathingyan, who had just put him on the throne, to unnecessary scaffold before exiling him to Dala?
30 March 2015: ... that Taruk, the present-day Burmese term for the Han Chinese, originally referred to the Turkic troops of the Mongol armies that invaded Burma between 1277 and 1287?
31 March 2015: ... that Minister-General Ananda Pyissi and his Royal Burmese Army twice failed to stop the first two Mongol invasions of Burma (1277–85)?
2 June 2015: ... that in 1287 Shin Ditha Pamauk, a Buddhist monk, negotiated with Emperor Kublai Khan for a treaty that ended the Mongol occupation of northern Burma in exchange for annual tribute?

17 June 2015: ... that Kumara Kassapa was the Mongol-installed king of Pagan for ten weeks during the second Mongol invasion of Burma in 1301?
25 June 2015: ... that Crown Prince Theingapati and his father King Kyawswa of Pagan were branded traitors and executed in 1299 by the Myinsaing brothers for their submission to the Mongol Empire?
26 July 2015: ... that the Burmese royal title Queen of the Southern Palace, with rare exceptions, was reserved for the chief queen consort only?
23 August 2015: ... that Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa defected from his father King Nanda's moribund Toungoo Empire in 1599, only to be executed by the enemy a few days later?
28 August 2015: ... that Viceroy of Prome Thado Dhamma Yaza III revolted against his father King Nanda of Toungoo Burma during the Siamese siege of Pegu (Bago) in 1595?

17 December 2015: ... that Thawun Gyi was the founder of the Principality of Toungoo of Myanmar?
19 December 2015: ... that a poem composed by Ananda Thuriya of Pagan minutes before his execution is considered the first known poem in Burmese?
9 January 2016: ... that Ananda Thuriya, a chief minister, general, and son-in-law of King Sithu II of Pagan, began his career in the royal security detail?
15 January 2016: ... that at General Aung San's request, Myint Swe used to play the violin while Khin Kyi sang the hits of the day?
16 January 2016: ... that Governor Thilawa of Yamethin is said to have smiled only three times in his life?

26 January 2016: ... that until 1989 a wide downtown Yangon street was named after Htaw Lay, a 19th-century defector to the British and principal restorer of the Shwedagon Pagoda?
8 April 2016: ... that Kayin Ba, the 14th-century governor who transformed Toungoo into a powerful vassal state of Pinya, began his career as the chief of prisons?
10 April 2016: ... that Gov. Saw Yan Naung of Prome helped to tame Pinya's former southern vassals for his brother, King Swasawke of Ava?
13 April 2016: ... that the commoner-born Theingaba successfully established himself as the first king of Toungoo during the last years of the Pinya Kingdom?
11 September 2016: ... that the 18th-century Burmese court treatise Mani Yadanabon has been described as "a repository of historical examples illustrating pragmatic political principles worthy of Machiavelli"?

27 October 2016: ... that after declaring independence from Ava Kingdom, Thinkhaya III of Toungoo built his own palace, but left out the royal white umbrella?
1 November 2016: ... that the Burmese court treatise Zabu Kun-Cha is believed to have been written by Chief Minister Min Yaza of Ava?
2 January 2017: ... that governor Saw Shwe Khet of Prome sent a white elephant to King Thihathu of Ava but was still demoted by the new king?
29 January 2017: ... that King Razadarit's decision to keep the one-time flower seller Piya Yaza Dewi as his chief queen consort led to the suicide of his first wife, Queen Talamidaw?
9 February 2017: ... that King Razadarit once sent Queen Thuddhamaya in a golden litter to one of his top commanders, despite her objections?

23 February 2017: ... that for foiling his king's plan to assassinate King Minkhaung I of Ava, Lagun Ein of Pegu was forced to make two attempts on Minkhaung's life?
9 April 2017: ... that some factions of the Hanthawaddy court undermined the authority of Princess Regent Maha Dewi by publicizing her alleged affair with her much younger nephew-in-law?
28 April 2017: ... that Min Bala staged a coup against King Hkun Law of Martaban, only to give up the throne at his wife's insistence?
18 July 2017: ... that Byattaba, the rebel ruler of Martaban, was paid in gold by King Binnya U so that he would acknowledge the King as his overlord?
21 July 2017: ... that governor Min Linka of Pegu was executed after his failed rebellion against his brother King Binnya U of Martaban?

11 August 2017: ... that Tarabya, the self-proclaimed king of Pegu, was executed on the order of King Wareru of Martaban, who was his father-in-law and son-in-law?
24 August 2017: ... that Akhamaman, the self-proclaimed king of Pegu, began his career as a rower on the royal yacht of King Narathihapate of Pagan?
17 September 2017: ... that the First Toungoo Empire adopted the Wareru Dhammathat, the customary law code of the defeated Hanthawaddy Kingdom, as its basic law?
6 November 2017: ... that governor Aleimma of Martaban was assassinated after he was lured to Donwun by a proposed marriage to Hnin U Yaing?
13 November 2017: ... that Queen May Hnin Theindya of Pegu tried to save her husband Tarabya's life by tying her tresses with his?

6 December 2017: ... that two similarly named Burmese chronicles, Mon Yazawin and Mon Yazawin by Shwe Naw, are about the Mon-speaking kingdom of Hanthawaddy?
13 January 2018: ... that the 14th-century Hanthawaddy Minister-General Byat Za's doctrine of limited warfare has been compared to that popularized by Clausewitz?
23 April 2018: ... that Princess Minkhaung Medaw of Prome was twice married off by her brothers, becoming queen of Hanthawaddy and later of Mrauk U?
1 May 2018: ... that Minister Dein, a loyalist of King Binnya U of Hanthawaddy, escaped execution by King Razadarit by telling the new king that his only "crime was being a servant of your father, the king"?

9 December 2018: ... that Prince Nyi Kan-Kaung helped his half-brother Binnya Nwe seize the throne of Hanthawaddy Pegu, only to be executed by him some four years later?
20 December 2018: ... that viceroy-general Sam Lek of Hanthawaddy retook Donwun with just 300 troops by employing the same ruse used by rebel forces to seize the town a year earlier?
2 January 2019: ... that Chief Minister Zeik-Bye of Hanthawaddy persuaded Prince Binnya Nwe to revolt by saying that his mother Princess Maha Dewi was planning to put her lover on the throne?
24 January 2019: ... that in his first battle, Prince Binnya Kyan and his brothers drove back the forces of Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava after being called "useless" by their father, King Razadarit of Pegu?
6 June 2019: ... that the Hanthawaddy commander Smin Bayan is celebrated in Burmese history for driving back a Chinese invasion on behalf of his former enemy, Ava?

1 September 2019: ... that Prince Min Nyo of Kale seized the throne of Ava by having his lover, Queen Shin Bo-Me, assassinate his eight-year-old nephew, King Min Hla?
8 September 2019: ... that Prince Tarabya Minye Kyawhtin ceded the throne of Ava to his cousin Prince Min Nyo after marrying his deceased brother's favorite queen, Shin Saw Pu, in return?
30 January 2020: ... that Prince Minye Kyawhtin, who had rebelled against three Ava kings for over 32 years, was killed by his own bodyguard for sexually assaulting the guard's sister?
11 February 2020: ... that Le Than Bwa, a 15th-century commander-in-chief of Ava forces, left the battle scene after receiving a large bribe from the enemy, forcing King Nyo to flee Ava shortly afterwards?
19 April 2020: ... that the Htupayon Pagoda in Sagaing, Myanmar, has been hit by at least five major earthquakes and rebuilt three times?

14 May 2020: ... that most of the tallest buildings in Myanmar are located in Yangon, where skyscrapers are not allowed?
9 June 2020: (lead) ... that King Sithu I of Burma founded and donated "boatloads of rubies" to the Thatbyinnyu Temple (pictured) in Bagan?
13 July 2020: ... that Ba Than founded what became Japanese Burma's main public hospital after the Imperial Japanese Army reserved Rangoon General Hospital for its exclusive use?
30 July 2020: ... that Ba Than, a school teacher, wrote the Burmese history textbook used in many Burma high schools from the 1930s to 1950s?
18 August 2020: ... that Yin May, the first Burmese obstetrician, founded and ran the country's main maternity hospital during the Japanese occupation of Burma?

23 August 2020: ... that Lieutenant Colonel Min Sein was the first Burmese dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Rangoon University?
4 October 2020: ... that Myint Myint Khin, a professor at the Institute of Medicine, Mandalay, and a WHO consultant, published her first English-language poetry collection at age 89?
4 November 2020: ... that San Baw, chief orthopaedic surgeon of Mandalay General Hospital, pioneered the use of ivory prostheses to replace ununited fractures of the femoral neck?
4 December 2020: ... that Tarabya I of Pakhan became governor of Pagan despite his subpar performance in the Forty Years' War?
3 January 2021: ... that the Ava Prince Thray Sithu led two ceasefire negotiations with Hanthawaddy during the Forty Years' War?

14 January 2022: ... that Rangoon kept its own time for more than two decades after Burma Standard Time first came into effect?
16 May 2022: ... that all but one of the court astrologers at the accession of King Minye Kyawswa I of Ava prophesied that he would rule for three years?

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17 May 2022: ... that Thihapate withstood the siege of Taungdwin by King Thado Minbya of Ava until after his top commander was assassinated?
21 May 2022: ... that when asked by the king to choose the weapon by which he would be executed, the outlaw Nga Tet Pya replied "I choose your most beautiful queen Saw Omma"?

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15 June 2022: ... that Thihapate of Mohnyin, who was laying siege to Mogaung, refused the court's offer to be king of Ava, saying he was neither a son nor a younger brother of the king, and returned to the siege?

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1 July 2022: ... that King Mohnyin Thado of Ava responded to the troubles of his kingdom by recalibrating the Burmese calendar to year 2?
27 July 2022: ... that after a successful siege of Mogaung, Commander Thiri Zeya Thura rushed back to Ava, arriving there in time for the coronation of Narapati I to present the captured sawbwa?
14 August 2022: ... that Baya Gamani was freed from prison by his captor, King Mohnyin Thado, to defend the capital region of Ava?
18 October 2022: (lead) ... that crown prince of Ava Minye Kyawswa (pictured) discarded advice from Yazathingyan, and subsequently got slain in battle?
1 December 2022: ... that Hanthawaddy royal Bya Kun fought for Ava against his enemy King Razadarit in the Forty Years' War?

7 December 2022: ... that when Maha Thamun, the head of the Hanthawaddy delegation, presented his king's demands, King Thado of Ava reflexively ordered his execution?
16 December 2022: ... that Smin Awa Naing's regiment mortally wounded Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava, effectively ending Ava's most serious invasion of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom?
20 July 2023: ... that according to the Burmese Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, Commander Pyit-Nwe of Myaungmya refused to join the royal service after being defeated in battle, and instead asked to be executed?
4 September 2023: ... that Governor Lauk Shein of Bassein fled the city along with "ten elephant loads of gold and silver", but could not outrun the pursuing Hanthawaddy troops?
11 October 2023: ... that the royal chronicles report that the Kingdom of Ava mobilized nearly 300,000 troops for one invasion, but they probably only mobilized around a tenth of that?

3 November 2023: ... that Hanthawaddy royal Saw Maha-Rit was executed for leaving behind his wife Princess Tala Mi Kyaw on the battlefield?
4 November 2023: ... that Hanthawaddy commander Smin Ye-Thin-Yan captured Donwun by deceiving his blood brother?
6 November 2023: ... that the Battle of Daybathwe ended shortly after the Myaungmya commander Saw E Binnya was assassinated by the Hanthawaddy commander Dein Mani-Yut, whom he thought was defecting to his side?
20 January 2024: ... that the Ava–Hanthawaddy War of 1385–1391 began when King Swa Saw Ke of Ava tried to place his nominee on the Hanthawaddy throne?

8 February 2024: ... that the Burmese Buddhist monk Sagyo Thu-Myat successfully lobbied for the recalibration of the Burmese calendar?
4 June 2024: ... that when Sithu Pauk Hla was appointed the governor of Yamethin, he was also given command of a 50-strong company of war elephants?
23 June 2024: ... that Yazathingyan Nga Mauk betrayed his brother, Commander Nga Nu, after being promised Nu's wife, Queen Saw Omma, in marriage?
1 August 2024: ... that Myinsaing withstood a ten-week siege by the Mongols because its three brother leaders bribed the invaders to withdraw?
2 September 2024: ... that the Nan Oo Pagoda is classified as a double encased stupa as it envelops a smaller stupa?

20 October 2024: ... that King Minkhaung I of Ava lamented that King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy had invaded his country without "breaking a sword or a lance"?