Historical place archive

Dagon in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Dagon in Myanmar. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1755–1755

Historical events in Dagon

1755

1755
Capture of Dagon
Alaungpaya · Military

Alaungpaya conquers Dagon & founds the city of Yangon (meaning The end of all dangers)

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Myanmar and Dagon. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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