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Cambodia Gains Independence from France on November 9, 1953
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King Sihanouk was abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit on March 2, 1955.
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Cambodia severed ties with South Vietnam on August 27, 1963.
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General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic on March 18, 1970. This was the start of the Cambodian Civil War and the US Cambodian Campaign.
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The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of the Kingdom of Cambodia on April 17, 1975.
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Sihanouk exiled and establishment of Democratic Kampuchea under total Khmer Rouge control.
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Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on December 31, 1977.
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Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh establishing the People's Republic of Kampuchea. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is over.
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The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia on September 26th, 1989
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A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia.
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Cambodia held free elections, but The Khmer Rouge boycotted them.
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Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne on September 24, 1993.
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The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, which was a tribunal for the Khmer Rouge, was established.
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Pol Pot died on April 15, 1998
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Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia on January 28, 2003.
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Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
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King Norodom Sihanouk was abdicated. His son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned.
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Clashes began with Thailand over territory immediately after to the Preah Vihear Temple.
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The former king, Norodom Sihanouk dies at the age of 89 in Beijing on October 15, 2012
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Military police opened fire on protesters, leaving 3 people dead and more than 20 injured on January 3, 2014.
