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Alaungpaya

1714 - 1760

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Alaungpaya (Burmese: အလောင်းဘုရား, pronounced [ʔəláʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung-Phra; 24 August [O.S. 13 August] 1714 – 11 May 1760) was the founder and first emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. By the time of his death from illness during his campaign in Siam, this former chief of a small village in Upper Burma had unified Burma, subdued Manipur, conquered Lan Na and launched successful attacks against the French and British East India companies who had given help to the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom. He added settlements around Dagon, and called the enlarged town Yangon. He is considered one of the three greatest monarchs of Burma alongside Anawrahta and Bayinnaung for unifying Burma for the third time in Burmese history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alaungpaya is the 4,038th most popular politician (down from 3,877th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 9th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Burmese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alaungpaya ranks 4,038 out of 19,576. Before him are Boris Shcherbina, Philip I, Prince of Taranto, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Gustavo Petro, Violet Jessop, and Hilderic. After him are Netjerkare Siptah, Yusef of Morocco, Tassos Papadopoulos, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, Al-Ashraf Khalil, and Georges Ernest Boulanger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Alaungpaya ranks 8. Before him are Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, Pontiac, and Claude Joseph Vernet. After him are Niccolò Jommelli, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Emer de Vattel, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick. Among people deceased in 1760, Alaungpaya ranks 6. Before him are George II of Great Britain, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Baal Shem Tov, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, and Anna Magdalena Bach. After him are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Adrien Manglard, Christoph Graupner, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and George Clifford III.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Alaungpaya ranks 14 out of 40. Before him are Myint Swe (1951), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), Than Shwe (1933), Bayinnaung (1516), Ne Win (1910), and Htin Kyaw (1946). After him are Charles Maung Bo (1948), Anawrahta (1015), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Peter Townsend (1914), and Tabinshwehti (1516).

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Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), Alaungpaya ranks 12. Before him are Myint Swe (1951), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), Than Shwe (1933), Bayinnaung (1516), Ne Win (1910), and Htin Kyaw (1946). After him are Anawrahta (1015), Diana Abgar (1859), Thibaw Min (1859), Tabinshwehti (1516), Mindon Min (1808), and Bodawpaya (1745).

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