King Rama IV of Siam predicted a total solar eclipse with stunning precision, but in an indirect way, viewing the eclipse led to the king's death six weeks later.

Since King Rama IV’s coronation in 1851, the crown has been worn by monarchs during the ceremony (although they never do so again). On Saturday, ...

However, King Rama IV said "Walawichani", in the Pali language, refers more to a whisk-like item, made from the hair of a yak. The king, therefore, ordered the whisk to be made.

The king, also known as Rama IV, was 47 when he took the throne after the death of his half-brother. He had spent 27 years as a Buddhist monk and founded a reformist Buddhist sect that is still ...

In the reign of King Rama III, the original Anantanagaraj, featuring a seven-headed naga prow, was built. During the reign of King Rama IV, seven new barges were built.

King Rama IV excelled in astronomy and correctly forecast a total solar eclipse in Ban Wah Kor, Prachuap Khiri Khan, two years ahead of the phenomenon, which occurred at 11.42am on Aug 18, 1868 ...

Rama V was 15 years old when his father, Rama IV (the monarch portrayed in “The King and I”), died of malaria after a trip to the Malay Peninsula to view an eclipse in 1868.

Prince Pradit created sculptures of all of the past kings of Siam for the Royal Pantheon at the Grand Palace at the order of King Mongkut, Rama IV, a commission he completed during the reign of King ...