Cambodia Timeline

  • Independence Day

    Combodia gained independence on November 9, 1953. they were imperilized by france in 1945 and then combodia regained there independence
  • Sihanouk's father kicked from throne

    Norodom Suramarit father of Sihanouk kciked from throne in 1960
  • South Vietnam

    a figbt breaks out and Cambodia and South vietnam seddle several ties
  • The US begins a secret bombing campaign

    On march 18 the US began a secret bombing campaign agaisnt the north vitamease because combodia let the vitamase set up camps and they were shooting in the those camps.
  • Combodia re-named

    The US and combodia were fighting the vitamease and the US pulled their troops back and the combodia lost there military support and Pol Pot saw an oppertunity and took over cambodia and changed there name to Democratic Republic of Kampuchea
  • Becoming Public KR

    the khmer rouge was created by the soon to be famous pol pot. the service didnt become public until 1977. KR is the Khmer Rouge
  • fighting breaks out

    Over one third of Cambodia died from this fight from veitnam very big loss to cambodia
  • Relations broke

    Cambodia broke the relation with the social group of Vietnam due to fights breaking out
  • Allied?

    Khmer allies with Sihanouk whiling capturing Phnom Penh
  • Hun Sen becomes prime minister

    Hun sen was 32 years old when he became prime minister and he was cambodia's premeir for more then 20 years, and warfare broke out and refuegrees were everywhere.
  • Vietnease troops withdraw

    Hun sen tries to attack forgein investment to abandon the work of socialism the country was then re-named the State of Cambodia
  • Religon

    in 1989 buddhism was re-named the country's state reigon by hun sen after vietnam withdrew there troops
  • Peace?

    a peace agreement was signed in paris, authority powers were shared with factions in cambodia and Sihanouk becomes head of state
  • Peacekeepers

    in march of 1992 a group of peacekeeper force was created, and was in a united nations of cambodia
  • Elections

    cambodia held free elections and the rule Khmer boycotted them
  • Throne restored

    In 1993 the father of Sihanouk was re throned and the monarchy was restored
  • Surrender of Khmer rouge

    thusands of khmer soilders surrender to governement and were in amnesty
  • Pol Pot dies

    pol pot was leader of the khmer rouge from 1963 to 1997 and he died at age of 73
  • End of KR

    in 1999 the khmer rouge was broken up due to leaders dieing or being arrested the Khmer rouge was created in 1968 and ended in 1999 the sucess was decent of the khmer rouge
  • Televison ban

    televison broadcasting was banned in cambodia and they were thai tevevison braodcatings
  • Riots!

    national rioters were rioting on january 28th and then attack and destroyed the thai embassy
  • Hun Sen wins

    Hun sen party of people won a huge amount of seats at the national embassy
  • Terriotory

    fights began with thailand for terriotory which was a brutal battle fought
  • Norodom Sihanouk dies

    Norodom father of hun sen dies at age 89 from heart attack in bejing in his hideout
  • Drought of the century

    Animals and every living thing is in danger of this horrable drought