Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
Abolished slavery, reformed the government and played Britain and France against each other to keep Siam independent.
| Lived | 1853 – 1910 |
| Known as | King of Siam |
| Birthplace or main place | Bangkok |
| Places on the map | Bangkok |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1900) |
|---|---|---|
| Bangkok | Rattanakosin Kingdom | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1855 | The Bowring Treaty opens Siam to foreign trade | Bangkok |
| 1868 | Chulalongkorn comes to the throne and begins modernising reforms | Bangkok |
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1828 – 1910 | Leo Tolstoy | Writer |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1852 – 1912 | Emperor Meiji | Emperor of Japan |
| 1835 – 1908 | Empress Dowager Cixi | De facto ruler of Qing China |
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1819 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | Queen of the United Kingdom |
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1866 – 1925 | Sun Yat-sen | Founder of the Republic of China |
| 1867 – 1934 | Marie Curie | Physicist and chemist |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.