The people of Cambodia

  • Feb 26, 1011

    Spying

    Tensions rise as Cambodia charges two Thai citizens with spying after they were arrested for crossing the disputed border. Respective forces exchange fire across the border. Hun Sen calls for UN peacekeepers.
  • Cambodia

    They gain there independence
  • Head of State

    Sihanouk becomes head of State.
  • US and North Vietnamese

    Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas to set up bases in Cambodia
  • Civil War

    The Civil war starts
  • Bombing

    Richard Nixon Bomb Cambodia.
  • Samulet War

    The Samulet War ends.
  • Genocide

    The Cambodian Genocide Began.
  • Communist

    They turned communist.
  • Civil War

    The civil War ends.
  • Fighting

    Fighting breaks out all over Cambodia
  • Genocide

    The genocide ended.
  • Vietnam

    Vietnam invades Cambodia lighting fast.
  • Peace

    They signed a peace agreement with Paris.
  • Pol Pot

    Pol Pot dies in his jungle hideout.
  • Bridge

    Cambodia opens a bridge that links east and west Cambodia.
  • New leader

    Prince Norodom Ranariddh as its leader.
  • Rainsy

    Rainsy receives a royal pardon and returns home.
  • Voting

    Parliament votes to abolish prison terms for defamation.
  • Ranariddh

    Ranariddh is sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for selling the Funcinpec party's headquarters
  • Khmer Rouge

    UN-backed tribunals begin questioning Khmer Rouge suspects about allegations of genocide.
  • Phnom Penh attack

    US court convicts CFF leader Chhun Yasith of masterminding 2000 attack in Phnom Penh.
  • Thai troop

    Two Cambodian soldiers die in an exchange of fire with Thai troops in the disputed area. Thai soldier dies later of wounds.
  • Comrade Duch

    Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against humanity and given 35-year prison sentence.
  • Dutch loses

    Duch loses appeal against conviction at UN-backed tribunal and has sentence increased to life.