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Events on Saturday 17 April 1734 1
1734 – 1782King Taksin (1734-1782)Died 7 April 1782, aged 47King Taksin of Siam was deposed and executed in Thonburi on 7 April 1782 amid a palace rebellion. He had reunified Siam and founded the Thonburi Kingdom after the Burmese destruction of Ayutthaya in 1767. His former general succeeded him as King Rama I, founding the Chakri dynasty.