Myanmar Historical Events and Terminology

Vocabulary terms describing significant political, social, and natural events, provided with specific historical examples from Myanmar.

Something important that someone succeeds in doing.

Achievement

The planned killing of an important person.

Assassination

Finding something new that was not known before.

Discovery

A process in which people vote to choose their leaders.

Election

A disease that spreads quickly among many people in one area or country.

Epidemic

A dangerous event caused by nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or cyclone.

Natural disaster

A big change in a country's government or political system.

Revolution

A violent attack that is intended to frighten people or achieve a political goal.

Terrorist act

General Aung San was shot dead in Yangon in 1947.

Assassination

Myanmar held a nationwide voting event in 2010.

Election

In 1983, a bomb exploded during a visit by South Korean officials in Yangon, killing 21 people.

Terrorist act

The first nationwide population census held in Myanmar in $2014$ after more than $30$ years.

Achievement

In 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar and killed more than 130,000 people.

Natural Disaster

Since 2020, COVID-19 has infected millions of people around the world, including many people in Myanmar.

Epidemic

In 1996, scientists discovered a new species of snub-nosed monkey in northern Myanmar.

Discovery

In 1988, many people across Myanmar protested for democracy. This event is often called the 8888 Uprising.

Revolution