Second Anglo-Burmese War

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military conflict war

The Second Anglo-Burmese War was an 1852 conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma that resulted in the annexation of Lower Burma into British India.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Second Anglo-Burmese War canonical	11
British conquest of Lower Burma	2
British invasion of Lower Burma	1
Lower Burma incorporated into British India	1
Second Burmese War	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
affected	Konbaung Dynasty territory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ surface form: Second Burmese War
belligerent	British East India Company ⓘ Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
cause	British demands for reparations and concessions ⓘ disputes over the Treaty of Yandabo ⓘ trade disputes in Rangoon ⓘ
colonialContext	British colonial expansion in Asia ⓘ
commander	Charles John Austen ⓘ surface form: Admiral Charles Austen General Henry Godwin ⓘ Lord Dalhousie ⓘ
conflictBetween	British Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Burma ⓘ
consequence	increased British control over Burmese trade ⓘ weakening of Burmese monarchy ⓘ
countryInvolved	Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1852 ⓘ
endDate	1853-01-20 ⓘ
followedBy	Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
location	southern Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Lower Burma Martaban ⓘ Pegu ⓘ Yangon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon
militaryCampaign	Pegu campaign ⓘ Battle of Rangoon ⓘ surface form: Rangoon campaign
outcome	Second Anglo-Burmese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Burma incorporated into British India
partOf	Anglo-Burmese Wars ⓘ
precededBy	First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
relatedTo	British rule in Burma ⓘ First Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ Treaty of Yandabo ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ annexation of Lower Burma ⓘ expansion of British India ⓘ
significantEvent	bombardment of Martaban ⓘ capture of Pegu by British forces ⓘ capture of Rangoon by British forces ⓘ
startDate	1852-04-05 ⓘ
territorialChange	Lower Burma annexed by British India ⓘ
theatre	Southeast Asia ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bengal Army → participatedIn → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Third Anglo-Burmese War → precededBy → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

First Anglo-Burmese War → followedBy → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Second Anglo-Burmese War → outcome → Second Anglo-Burmese War self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Burma incorporated into British India

Second Anglo-Burmese War → alsoKnownAs → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Burmese War

Konbaung Dynasty → conflict → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Anglo-Burmese Wars → hasPart → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Kingdom of Burma → conflict → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

General Henry Godwin → conflict → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Godwin

bombardment of Martaban → conflict → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

bombardment of Martaban → partOf → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: British conquest of Lower Burma

Pegu campaign → conflict → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Pegu campaign → partOf → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: British conquest of Lower Burma

Treaty of Yandabo → preceded → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

Battle of Rangoon → campaign → Second Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: British invasion of Lower Burma