PHRA PARAMINDR MAHA See also:

• PHRA PARAMINDR MAHA CHULALONGKORN (1853-1910)

CHULALONGKORN (1853-1910)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, eldest son of King Maha Mongkut, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 21St of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1853 . His full See also:

• SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature, used in all important See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state documents, consists of twenty-seven names, but it is by the first four that he is usually known . Educated in his childhood by See also:

• ENGLISH

English teachers, he acquired a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good knowledge of the English See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language and of Western culture . But his surroundings were purely See also:

• ORIENTAL

oriental, and his boyhood was spent, according to See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom, in a Buddhist monastery . He succeeded to the See also:

• THRONE

throne on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father, 1st See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1868, and was crowned on, the 1th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November following, a ceremony marked by the innovation of permitting the presence of Europeans . Until his See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority in 1873 the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government was carried on by a See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent, the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young king retiring to a Buddhist monastery, and later making a tour through See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India and the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Indies, an undertaking until then without precedent among the potentates of eastern See also:

• ASIA

Asia . He had no sooner taken the reins of See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power than he gave See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of his recognition of the importance of See also:

• MODERN

modern culture by abolishing See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery in Siam . He simplified See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court See also:

• ETIQUETTE

etiquette, no longer demanding, for example, that his subjects should approach him on hands and knees . Still more important, in view of the numerous races and See also:

• CREEDS (Lat. credo, I believe), or CONFESSIONS OF FAITH

creeds included among his subjects, was the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of See also:

• CONSCIENCE (Lat. con-scientia, literally " knowledge of a thing shared with another person " or " complete knowledge," and derivatively " consciousness in general)
• CONSCIENCE, HENDRIK (1812-1883)

conscience . This was followed by the erection of See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools and hospitals, the construction of roads and See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, and the further development of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army and See also:

• FLEET

fleet which his father had initiated . To him Siam is indebted for its See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard coinage, its postal and See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph service, and for the policing, sanitation and electric-See also:

• LIGHTING

lighting of See also:

• BANGKOK

Bangkok . Several of his sons, including the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, were educated. in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in the summer of 1897 he himself visited England, arriving at See also:

• PORTSMOUTH
• PORTSMOUTH, EARLS OF
• PORTSMOUTH, LOUISE DE

Portsmouth in his yacht on the 29th of See also:

• JULY

July .

On the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August he was received by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria at See also:

• OSBORNE

Osborne . After a tour in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain he proceeded to See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, and the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague and See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris .