The Cambodia timeline of the History of Cambodia

By A S0DEN

  • 1953

    Cambodia wins its independence from France.King Sihanouk makes it becomes the Kingdom of Cambodia.

  • 1955

    Sihanouk stops being King and his father becomes king

  • 1960

    Sihanouk's father dies, he become head of state

  • 1965

    Sihanouk stops communication with the US and Vietnamese

  • 1969

    The US begins a secret bombing campaign against North Vietnamese forces on Cambodian soil.

  • 1970

    Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup, he then fights the Vietnamese. Sihanouk forms a guerrilla movement while on exile

  • 1975

    Lon Nol is overthrown as the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot occupy Phnom Penh. Sihanouk briefly becomes head of state, the country is re-named Kampuchea.

  • 1977

    Fighting breaks out with Vietnam.

  • 1978

    The Vietnamese invade Cambodia.

  • 1979

    Vietnamese take Phnom Penh

  • 1981

    The Pro-Vietnamese party wins and isn't recognised as a new government.

  • 1985

    Hun Sen becomes prime minister. Cambodia is plagued by guerrilla warfare. Hundreds of thousands become refugees.

  • 1989

    Vietnamese troops withdraw. Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism. The country is re-named the State of Cambodia. Buddhism is re-established as the state religion.

  • October 23, 1991

    All Cambodian parties signed a peace agreement in Paris and agreed to organize a national election under the supervision of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC). The Khmer Rouge boycotted the UN-organized election and refused to demobilize their forces.

  • 1993

    A newly elected government came to power called the Royal Government of Cambodia. For several years, Khmer Rouge soldiers continued to fight against these troops.

  • 1994

    Thousands of Khmer Rouge Guerrillas surrender

  • 1998

    Pol Pot died. Other senior Khmer Rouge leaders defected in 1998.

  • 1999

    The Khmer Rouge movement totally collapsed. All of its leaders had either defected to the Royal Government of Cambodia, been arrested, or died.

  • March 1999

    The last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge who refused to join the Royal Government of Cambodia, Ta Mok, was captured.

  • 2002

    first multi-party local elections.

  • Sources

    http://www.localhistories.org/cambodiatime.html
    https://www.cambodiatribunal.org/history/cambodian-history/chronology-of-the-khmer-rouge-movement/
    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828