Events in Laotian History
- 1947-05-11 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
- 1949-07-19 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
- 1950-12-30 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states within the French Union
- 1953-04-14 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
- 1953-10-22 Laos gains full independence from France
- 1953-10-23 France grants Laos' sovereignty
- 1954-07-21 Geneva Accords for Indochina signed, dividing French colonial territories into the countries of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), the State of Vietnam (South Vietnam), Cambodia, and Laos
- 1954-12-24 Laos gains its independence from France
- 1957-05-29 Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
- 1957-08-25 Prince Suvanna Phuma forms government in LAOS, with Pathet Lao
- 1960-12-13 Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane
- 1962-05-06 Pathet Lao breaks cease fire and conquer Nam Tha Laos
- 1962-05-15 US marines arrive in Laos
- 1962-06-12 Laos Prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition government
- 1962-06-23 Suvanna Phuma forms government in Laos
- 1962-07-23 The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is signed
- 1964-04-19 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
- 1964-05-21 US begin intelligence flights above Laos
- 1968-03-10 North Vietnamese and communist Laotion troops overrun a secret US radar facility, Lima Site 85, on a Laos mountaintop
- 1971-02-08 Operation Lam Son 719 begins, a limited South Vietnamese incursion into Laos
- 1971-02-13 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
- 1971-03-14 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
- 1975-08-23 Communists take over Laos
- 1975-12-02 Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
- 1975-12-03 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed
- 1993-12-15 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed
- 2009-09-26 Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities.
- 2013-10-16 49 people are killed after Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes in the Mekong River, Laos
- 2018-07-23 Dam collapses while under construction in Attapeu province, Laos, killing at least 20 with more than 100 missing
- 2018-07-26 Authorities in Stung Treng province, Cambodia, evacuate 25,000 below collapsed Laos dam as waters rise
- 2021-10-28 Largest-ever drug bust in Asia made by police in Laos with 55 million methamphetamine tablets and 1.5 tonnes of crystal meth discovered in beer crates [1]
- 2023-04-25 Record April temperatures continue across Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, as Myanmar city of Theinzayet registers record 43C (109.4F) [1]
- 2023-06-14 Fossil bones found in Tam Pà Ling (Cave of the Monkeys), Laos, dated to 86,000 years, are oldest known examples of modern humans (Homo sapiens) in South-East Asia [1]
- 1885-07-14 Sisavang Vong, King of Laos (1904-59), born in Luang Phrabang (d. 1959)
- 1901-10-07 Souvanna Phouma, Prince and Prime Minister of Laos (1951–54, 1956–58, 1960 and 1962–75), born in Luang Phrabang, Laos (d. 1984)
- 1909-07-13 Souphanouvong, President of Laos (1975-87), born in Louangphrabang, Laos (d. 1995)
- 1920-12-13 Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92), born in Na Seng village, Khanthabouli district (d. 1992)
- 1967-05-27 Chin Yang, Laos-born American jockey