// Early modern period
Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Period
- AD 1783 – AD 1931
- Duration
- approx. 148 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1885
- Area (max.)
- approx. 673,000 km²
Period and duration
Rattanakosin Kingdom — according to the map data from AD 1783 to AD 1931, roughly 148 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Rattanakosin Kingdom — greatest extent around AD 1885: the mapped borders then cover about 673,000 km², roughly 0.5% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1782)
- Thonburi Kingdom
- Vientiane
- Khmer Empire
- Chiangmai
After
- Kingdom of Thailand
- French Third Republic
- French Indochina
Neighbours around AD 1885
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- British Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- British Colonial Empire
- British Raj
- French Third Republic
- Netherlands
- Portuguese Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1885 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Rattanakosin Kingdom on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.