October 23
Chulalongkorn Day is a national holiday in Thailand commemorating King Chulalongkorn
(Rama V), the king who abolished slavery and introduced numerous reforms when the
country was still called Siam.
He succeeded to the throne in 1868 when he was 15 years old, was crowned in 1873,
and
ruled until his death in 1910.
He had been a pupil of Anna Leonowens, who taught the young prince about Abraham
Lincoln. The story of her stay in the royal court, and her teaching of the royal children
and
concubines, was told in Margaret Landon's book, Anna and the King of Siam . The book
was the basis for the popular Broadway musical, The King and I .
Full story:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Chulalongkorn+Day
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