Mohnyin Thado Captures Sagaing

Date: May 16, 1426 • Location: Sagaing, Myanmar

Mohnyin Thado captured Sagaing to become the king of Ava, in present-day Myanmar.

Mohnyin Thado was king of Ava from 1426 to 1439. He is also known in Burmese history as Mohnyin Min Taya after his longtime tenure as the sawbwa of Mohnyin, a Shan-speaking frontier state. He founded the royal house of Mohnyin that would rule the kingdom until 1527.