Cambodia Amazing Timeline

By miraclekms
  • Nov 3, 1177

    Hindus

    Hindus invade and pillage Angkor empire.
  • Nov 3, 1431

    Thais

    Thais sack Angkor kingdom.
  • Nov 3, 1440

    Khmer Capital

    Khmers move capital to southeast, near present capital.

  • Siam king attacks

    Siam king attacks, and Khmer becomes a part of the Siam kingdom.

  • Viets

    Viets conquer Mekong Delta, weaker Khmer kingdom assumes roughly main borders of present Cambodia.

  • Viets and Siam Kingdom

    Viets attack, shares control over Khmer Kingdom with the Siam Kingdom.

  • French

    French intervene and Cambodia becomes a French colony. The region becomes part of French Indochina along with Vietnam and Laos

  • World War II

    Japaneese fight to control Southwest Asia.

  • Independence

    Gains its independence from France.

  • Prince Norodom Sihanouk

    Independence from French; Kingdom of Cambodia under Prince Norodom Sihanouk. Leaves monarchy and become a prsidency. Independence from French

  • Khmer Republic

    Khmer Republic ,under Lon Nol ,allows U.S. bombing inside Cambodian borders to fight Vietcong.

  • Khmer Rouge forces

    Khmer Rouge forces led by Pol Pot capture capital of Phnom Penh.

  • Khmer Rouge attacks

    Khmer Rouge attacks Vietnamese borders which lead to an invasion from Communist Vietnam.

  • Vietnam withdraws

    Vietnam officially withdraws from Cambodia.

  • Withdrew

    The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia.

  • Death

    Pol Pot died

  • Agreement

    Agreement between Cambodia and there rival.

  • Apologize

    Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s.

  • Join

    Cambodia joins the ASEAN

  • Aubductated

    King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates.

  • Hits

    Typhoon Ketsana hits Cambodia and a couple of other countries.

  • Explosion

    A leftover bazooka grenade was left in Cambodia and it blew up and killed 3 kids.

  • Strike

    Cambodians garment workers go on strike.