
Date and the date on the island of Phuket in 1025 AD The earliest inhabitants of the "Negrito", Roma nomadic tribes and the sea and the sun, Pegu region. Originally it was known as Junk Ceylon, if any, is the name of the old maps of Portuguese navigation. And then Phuket, a name derived from the Malay language and means Hill "Phuket".
From 15 to 16 century, Phuket for the production of tin, and was known as a hub for trade and trade for the Europeans to get permission to do business. King today the appointment of Rene Charbonneau, and the French missionary, doctor, and the island's governor from 1681 to 1685.
The island as a relay station on the sea between India and China, and was part of the Empire Shivite who settled in the Malay Peninsula during the first millennium.
After the destruction of Setubal by the Burmese in 1767, and met with King Taksin of the day, the invaders and the reunification of the country. The Burmese, not satisfied with this turn of events, and a fleet of ships to the southern provinces, and a plan to capture the attack on the people of Phuket and to slavery in Burma. He has written on the page that do not forgotten in the history of Phuket.
Officer of the rank of captain, Francis Light, and passes off Phuket, please send him a message that the Burmese were en route to attack the island. Kunying January, the Governor and her sister, wife MOQ: Resistance was organized by the two heroines. Hide thousands of women to men, and they went back and forth across the beaches of Phuket, with primitive arms. The result was that when the Burmese attack there as soon as she saw him use the "Army" force of Phuket hesitation. After a month of siege, and they were forced to leave, 13 March 1785.


