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14 hours ago · History Early Rattanakosin period (1782–1855) Foundation of Bangkok. Chakri ruled under the name Ramathibodi, but was generally known as King Rama I, he moved the royal seat from Thonburi on the west bank of Chao Phraya River to the east bank, to the village of Bang Makok, meaning "place of olive plums".
14 hours ago · The Entente Cordiale of 8 April 1904 ended the rivalry between Great Britain and France over Siam. French and British zones of influence in Siam, were outlined, with the eastern territories, adjacent to French Indochina , becoming a French zone, and the western, adjacent to Burmese Tenasserim , a British zone.
