What the records say
- When
- 18 Apr 1855
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 36.88° N, 96.12° W
- Description
- treaty
Placed at the town its title names, Bowring.
Bowring Treaty
1855 treaty between the United Kingdom and Siam
Treaty of Friendship and Commerce between Great Britain and Siam, known colloquially as the Bowring Treaty, was the historic landmark treaty signed between the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria and the Kingdom of Siam during the reign of King Mongkut on 18 April 1855 at Thonburi, Bangkok.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Bowring Treaty is signed between the UK and the kingdom of Siam, allowing foreigners to trade freely in Bangkok”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Siams König Mongkut und der britische Diplomat Sir John Bowring unterzeichnen den Bowring-Vertrag”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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