In 1685, King Narai confirmed the French tin monopoly in Phuket to their
ambassador, the Chevalier de Chaumont.Chaumont's former maître
d'hôtel, Sieur de Billy, was named governor of the island. However,
the French were expelled from Siam after the 1688 Siamese revolution. On
April 10, 1689, Desfarges led an expedition to re-capture Phuket to
restore some French control in Siam. His occupation of the island led
to nothing, and Desfarges returned to Pondicherry in January 1690.
The Burmese attacked Phuket in 1785. Francis Light, a British East India Company captain along the island, said the local administration, he had observed Burmese forces to attack. If Phu Ying Chan, the wife of the late governor, and her sister Mook (คุณ มุก) assembled what forces they were local. After a month long siege of the capital, the Burmese were forced to, 13 March 1785 to withdraw. The women were local heroes and received the royal title of Thao and Thao Si-Holland Kasattri Sunthon by a grateful King Rama I. During the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Phuket became the administrative center of the tin-producing southern provinces. In 1933 Monthon Phuket (มณฑล ภูเก็ต) was dissolved and Phuket became a province in itself. Old name of the island include Koh Thalang.
2004 Tsunami
On 26 Ago in december 2004, Phuket and other nearby areas on the west coast of Thailand major damage when the Boxing Day tsunami, which in 2004 made in the Indian Ocean earthquake. The waves destroyed several highly populated areas in the region, killing more than 5300 people across the country, and tens of thousands more in the Asian region. Some 250 deaths were reported in Phuket, including foreign tourists, and perhaps thousands of illegal Burmese workers building new beach resorts in the area of Khao Lak. Almost all the major beaches on the west coast, especially Kamala, Patong, Karon and Kata, were damaged, with some damage to the resorts and villages on the southern beaches of the island.
On 26 Ago in december 2004, Phuket and other nearby areas on the west coast of Thailand major damage when the Boxing Day tsunami, which in 2004 made in the Indian Ocean earthquake. The waves destroyed several highly populated areas in the region, killing more than 5300 people across the country, and tens of thousands more in the Asian region. Some 250 deaths were reported in Phuket, including foreign tourists, and perhaps thousands of illegal Burmese workers building new beach resorts in the area of Khao Lak. Almost all the major beaches on the west coast, especially Kamala, Patong, Karon and Kata, were damaged, with some damage to the resorts and villages on the southern beaches of the island.
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