Khmer Empire Timeline

Trade

250

Around the year 250 the first signs of trade between the Khmer citizens and the Indians appeared.
-Khmers
-Indians

Cham Kingdom

Mar 5, 1177

The Cham kingdom invades much of the Khmer Empires eastern territory.
-The Chams

War/Extension of borders

Mar 5, 1200

Around the year 1200 Jayavarman VII defeated the Chams and extended the empire to furthest extent to incorporate much of present day Laos, Thailand and Burma.
-Jayavarman VII
-Chams

Racism against Buddhists

Mar 5, 1250

Around the year 1250 was the rule of Jayavarman VIII. He renounces Buddhism and orders that Buddhist temples and images be destroyed and Hinduism become the main religion.
-Jayavarman VIII

Buddhism Rises

Mar 5, 1300

Around the year 1300 Buddhism grows in importance and once again becomes the main religion between the Khmer Kings.
-Chế Bồng Nga (king)

War

Mar 5, 1431

Thai army attacks Angkor.
-Thai army

Angkor Wat Forgotten

Mar 5, 1432

Khmers abandon Angkor, over multiple centuries. The jungle grows around it and over Angkor and its location is forgotten.
-Khmers

Phnom Penh

Mar 5, 1440

Khmer rulers relocate the capital city to Phnom Penh.
-Khmer rulers

War

Mar 5, 1593

Siamese (Thai) king attacks and defeats Khmer King.
-Chey Chettha I (Khmer king)
-Somdet Phra Sanphet II (Siamese King)

War in the Mekong

Mar 5, 1700

Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in the Mekong River delta and defeat the Khmer people. The approximate modern borders of Cambodia are determined.
-Vietnam army
-Khmer army

God-King

Mar 2, 2022

Jayavarman II enthroned himself as a devaraja (god-king).
-Jayavarman II

Angkor Wat/Buddhism

Mar 2, 2022

Around the year 850 the Khmer empire was expanded and the famous Angkor Wat was built. Buddhism becomes important.
-Suryavarman II