Cambodia Timeline

  • Freedom from France

    They win freedom from France
  • Independence for Cambodia

    They gain there independence from France
  • King Sihanouk

    King Sihanouk abdicated in honor of his father
  • South Vietnam

    South Vietnam and Cambodia served ties
  • Overthrown

    General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic
  • Working together

    The Khmer Rouge allied with Sihanouk to capture Phnom Penh
  • Kicked out

    Sihanouk exiled and established a Democratic Kampuchea
  • Broken relations

    Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic for Vietnam
  • The Cambodian Vietnam war

    Cambodia and Vietnam breakout into war
  • The end

    The Vietnamese soldiers that are left withdraw
  • Being watched

    The United Nations started monitoring Cambodia
  • Free election

    Cambodia held free elections
  • A tribute

    In the courts of Cambodia a tribute is held for Khmer Rouge
  • Death

    The death of Pol Pot
  • Accused

    A famous actor is accused of being from Thailand
  • Banned

    Television channels are banned from Cambodia
  • Riots

    2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh
  • Prime Minister

    Cambodian parliamentary election Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly
  • Abdicated

    King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated his son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor.
  • Clashing

    2008 Cambodian Thai stand-off Clashes began with Thailand over territory immediately adjacent to the Preah Vihear Temple.