Born Then1765–1767
Life during the Burmese–Siamese War and fall of Ayutthaya
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
A Burmese army besieged Ayutthaya, the Siamese capital for four centuries, for over a year and burned it in April 1767. Tens of thousands of people were carried off to Burma. Taksin regrouped the Siamese and drove the Burmese out within a few years, ruling from Thonburi.
Deaths: unknown; tens of thousands were killed or carried off to Burma.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from our model, estimated from the sources.
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