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Cambodia

country in Southeast Asia

47 dated entries naming Cambodia, drawn from 41 separate years between 68 CE and 2025 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 68Kingdom of Funan is established in the Mekong Delta comprising present-day Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, Southern Thailand and Eastern Thailand, the first known civilization in Southeast Asia. The capital city is Vyadhapura or modern-day Ba Phnum District in Cambodia.source
  • 78This is the base year (year zero) of the Saka era used by some Hindu calendars, the Indian national calendar, and the Cambodian Buddhist calendar. It begins near the vernal equinox for the civil solar calendar, but begins opposite the star Spica for the traditional solar calendar.source

3rd century

  • 229June 23 – Chinese warlord Sun Quan formally declares himself emperor of the Eastern Wu state. The city of Jianye (modern Nanjing) is founded as the capital of Eastern Wu. The independent kingdoms in Cambodia and Laos become Eastern Wu vassals.source

6th century

7th century

  • 613Isanapura becomes the capital of the Cambodian kingdom of Chenla (approximate date).source
  • 681Jayavarman I, king of Chenla (Cambodia)source

8th century

  • 790Cambodia begins to break away from the Sumatra-based kingdom Srivijaya, as a 20-year-old Cambodian prince, who claims descent from the rulers of Funan, is consecrated in eastern Cambodia with the title Jayavarman II. In the next 10 years he will extend his powers north into the Mekong Valley (modern Vietnam).source

9th century

  • 802Prince Jayavarman declares the Khmer Empire (modern-day Cambodia) independent, and establishes the kingdom of Angkor. He is reconsecrated as a world ruler (chakravartin), or god-king (devaraja), under Hindu rites.source
  • 877King Jayavarman III dies after a 42-year reign. He is succeeded by his cousin Indravarman I, as ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).source
  • 881Bakong, the first temple mountain of sandstone, is constructed by rulers of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia) at Angkor.source
  • 889Indravarman I, ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia), dies and is succeeded by his son Yasovarman I, called the Leper King (or 890).source
  • 893King Yasovarman I (called the Leper King) of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia) dedicates the Lolei Temple of the Roluos group to the god Shiva and the royal family.source

10th century

  • 928Ishanavarman II dies after a 5-year reign and is succeeded by his uncle Jayavarman IV as king of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). He moves the capital north from Angkor to Koh Ker.source
  • 941Jayavarman IV, Angkorian king (Cambodia)source
  • 967April 22 – The Cambodian temple Banteay Srei is consecrated and dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.source

12th century

  • 1113King Suryavarman II begins his reign as ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).source
  • 1150The temple at Angkor Wat ("Capital of Temples") is completed in the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).source
  • 1181Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams and assumes control over the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).source
  • 1186Jayavarman VII, the king of Cambodia, founds the temple of Ta Prohm.source

13th century

  • 1283Mongol forces invade the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). King Jayavarman VIII decides to pay tribute rather than fight the invasion, buying peace and preserving the empire.source
  • 1295King Jayavarman VIII is overthrown after a 52-year reign. He is succeeded by his son-in-law Indravarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia).source

14th century

  • 1369The Thai Ayutthaya Kingdom conquers Cambodia for a second time.source
  • 1371Kalamegha claims the vacant title of King of Cambodia after the power of the Thai invaders from Ayutthaya begins to weaken. The Ayutthayans are finally expelled in 1375.source

15th century

  • 1404Narayana Ramadhipati succeeds Ponthea Yat as King of Cambodia.source

16th century

  • 1594July 3 – The Ayutthayan–Cambodian War (1591–1594) concludes when Naresuan, ruler of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, sacks Longvek, capital of Cambodia.source

19th century

  • 1867July 15 – France declares Cambodia's independence from Siam; Cambodia becomes a protectorate of France and Britain.source

20th century

  • 1953May 9 – France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia, with King Norodom Sihanouk.source
  • 1953November 9 - The Khmer Issarak begins to fight the French Army and Cambodia joins the First Indochina War but the Kingdom of Cambodia is established.source
  • 1954August 1 – The First Indochina War ends with the Vietnam People's Army in North Vietnam, the Vietnamese National Army in South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia in Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos in Laos, emerging victorious against the French Army.source
  • 1967March 11 – The first phase of the Cambodian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge.source
  • 1967September 1 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.source
  • 1967November 3 – Vietnam War – Battle of Dak To: Around Đắk Tô (located about 280 miles north of Saigon near the Cambodian border), heavy casualties are suffered on both sides; U.S. troops narrowly win the battle on November 22.source
  • 1967November 11 – Vietnam War: In a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 3 United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to American "New Left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.source
  • 1970March 18 – General Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and holds Queen Sisowath Kossamak under house arrest.source
  • 1970April 29 – Cambodian campaign: The U.S. incursion into Cambodia begins.source
  • 1970October 9 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia, escalating the Cambodian Civil War between the government and the Khmer Rouge.source
  • 1973August 15 – The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the Case–Church Amendment-an act that prohibits military operations in Laos, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam as a follow-up of the Paris Peace Accords.source
  • 1975April 17 - Following several weeks of successful fighting, the government of Cambodia surrendered at 7:00 in the morning to the Khmer Rouge guerillas when they captured Phnom Penh. That evening, sound trucks operated by the new regime began warning Phnom Penh residents of an imminent bombing attack and directing them to flee the city into the countryside. This would be the start of the Cambodian genocide after it was declared the year 1975 as Year Zero of which Angkar had established.source
  • 1977April 30 – The Cold War between Cambodia and Vietnam evolves into the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.source
  • 1978December 25 – Vietnam launches a major offensive against the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia.source
  • 1979January 7 – Cambodian–Vietnamese War: The People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese-backed Cambodian insurgents announce the fall of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and the collapse of the Pol Pot regime. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge retreat west to an area along the Thai border, ending large-scale fighting.source
  • 1998December 29 – The Khmer Rouge's leaders apologize for the post-Vietnam War genocide in Cambodia that killed more than one million people in the 1970s.source
  • 1999April 30 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), bringing the total members to 10.source

21st century

  • 2011October 4 – The death toll from the flooding of Cambodia's Mekong river and attendant flash floods reaches 207.source
  • 2022January 1 – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the largest free trade area in the world, comes into effect for Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.source
  • 2025July 24 – Armed conflicts break out between Cambodia and Thailand after the escalation of a border dispute. At least 39 people are killed and more than 100,000 displaced due to the conflicts.source

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