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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alaungpaya has received more than 236,559 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alaungpaya is the 3,877th most popular politician (up from 4,854th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (up from 10th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Burmese Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alaungpaya ranks 3,877 out of 19,576. Before him are Ma Teng, Catherine of Bosnia, João Goulart, Paolo Gentiloni, Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine, and William Ewart Gladstone. After him are Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal, Antiochus VI Dionysus, Demetris Christofias, Chryses of Troy, and Emperor Chūai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Alaungpaya ranks 7. Before him are Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Joseph I of Portugal, and Claude Joseph Vernet. After him are Niccolò Jommelli, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Pontiac, Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, and Kristijonas Donelaitis. Among people deceased in 1760, Alaungpaya ranks 7. Before him are George II of Great Britain, Baal Shem Tov, Anna Magdalena Bach, Maria Amalia of Saxony, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, and Nicolaus Zinzendorf. After him are Christoph Graupner, Adrien Manglard, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Andrija Kačić Miošić, and George Clifford III.

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Others Deceased in 1760

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Alaungpaya ranks 9 out of 40. Before him are Aung San (1915), Bayinnaung (1516), U Nu (1907), Thein Sein (1944), Ne Win (1910), and Than Shwe (1933). After him are Peter Townsend (1914), Win Myint (1951), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), Anawrahta (1015), Htin Kyaw (1946), and Diana Abgar (1859).

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    HPI: 61.30

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Among POLITICIANS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among politicians born in Myanmar (Burma), Alaungpaya ranks 8. Before him are Aung San (1915), Bayinnaung (1516), U Nu (1907), Thein Sein (1944), Ne Win (1910), and Than Shwe (1933). After him are Win Myint (1951), Min Aung Hlaing (1956), Anawrahta (1015), Htin Kyaw (1946), Diana Abgar (1859), and Thibaw Min (1859).

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