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Cambodia wins its independence
On November 9th, 1953 Cambodia won its independence from France. -
Cambodia and north vietnamese guerilla soilders
Cambodia breaks ally ship with the United states and North Vietnamese set up base in Cambodia. -
USA begins bombing runs on Cambodia
After Cambodia broke ally ship with the USA the American army began secret bombing runs in cambodia on vietnamese bases. -
Lon Nol over throws Sihanouk
The new king of Cambodia Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk, Lon Nol was the prime minister of Cambodia but wanted more power so he overthrew the king (Sihanouk). He then sent his army into north vietnam to fight. -
Beginning of Year Zero
Cambodia begin one of the worst things the world has every seen, it's called "Year Zero". Every educated person in all of Cambodia was tortured or executed. The ones that did survive commonly died of working too hard or a very fatal sickness. -
Vietnam invades Cambodia
On May 1st, 1975 vietnam invaded cambodia due to them constently fighting. -
Fighting begins with vietnam
Fighting breaks out between Cambodia and vietnam -
Vietnamese take Phnom Pehn
The Vietnamese soilders take over the capital of cambodia, Phnom Pehn. In doing so the pushed Pol Pot out of Phnom Pehn and into the coast of Thailand. Many things before the khmer rouge were re-established (Education, more jobs, etc). -
New Vietnemese government
The Vietnamese destroyed the khmer rouge governemnt. They began they're own new government (Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation) -
New prime minister and many guerilla soilders.
Cambodia got a new Prime Minister, Hun Sen. Hun Sen was voted into office by the people, 1 of the first prime ministers to be liked by the people. Many Cambodians were becoming guerilla soilders. (Hundereds of thousands) -
Vietnamese pull out
The Vietnamese pulled out of Cambodia on October 23, 1989. This was a good thing for the Cambodians, Hun Sen removed socialism to help get more trades with other people. Buddhism is the new country religion. They also renamed cambodia to "The state of Cambodia". -
Peace with Paris
Cambodia sigined a peace treaty with Paris. Cambodia also got a new prime minister (Shianouk). -
Monarchy
The royalist Funcinpec party win the most seats. Sihanouk restores the monarchy and becomes the King of Cambodia. Cambodia is re-named to "The Kingdom of Cambodia". -
Gureilla soilders surrender
Thousands of Gureilla soilders surrender after the government says they wont press charges and can live freely. -
Arms smuggiling
Prince Ranariddh is in trial and is found gulity for arms smuggliling. Even though he is found guilty he is pardoned by the King. -
Over thrown
Hun Sen suddenly planned a coup on Sihanouk. The entire world looked down upon on this. The Khmer Rouge put Pul Pot on trial, he is sentenced with life imprisonment. -
Pol Pot dies
Pol pot died in his Jungle hide out in 1998. Many people beleive he was posioned by one of his people. -
Genocide
The Khmar Rouge was charged with genocide. The of course were found guility. They were fined with $560 million dollars. -
Linking East and West Cambodia
In Cambodia a bridge was built and it linked East and West Cambodia. This was a very good thing for cambodians because the can go places with lots more ease. -
Prime Minister again
Hun Sen was elected as Prime Minister on October 16, 2004. He was elected to deal with the royalist Funcinpec party. They also wanted him to get Cambodia into world trade. -
Ranariddh sells location of Funcinpec party's headquarters
Ranariddh was sentenced to 18 months of prison for selling the location of the Funcinpec party's headquarters. He was still sent to jail even though he denied selling their location. -
Trouble between Cambodia and Thialand
In Cambodia 2 Cambodian troops saw 2 Thai troops, they both fired at each other. The 2 cambodian soilders died and 1 Thai soilder died. This began conflict with Thailand. -
Duch put on Trial
A former leader of the Khmer Rouge "Kaing Guek Eav" also known as Duch was put on trial in 2009 for killing thousands of people. His appeal was denied in 2012. -
Border tension calms down
Cambodia and Thailand both withdrew troops from the border. The tension started to die between Thailand and Cambodia, things were becoming more normal for both countrys. -
Shianouk dies
The leader of cambodia, Shinaouk, died at age 90. Shinaouk lead Cambodia through lots of their hard times and he didnt give up on them. -
