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In 566 BC, Siddhartha Guatama was born.
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In 1863, Cambodia agreed became a protectorate of France.
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In 1904, King Norodom had died.
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk became king and Cambodia became occupied by Japan during world war II
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ln 1945, the Japanese occupation ended.
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A constitution that was new to Cambodians permits to form political parties
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Sihanouk broke off all relations with the US and North Vietnamese guerrillas to set their bases up and campaign against the US-backed government
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In 1969, the US began a secret bombing campaign against the forces of North Vietnamese on Cambodian soil.
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War began to grown and spread causing General Lon Nol to overthrow Prince Sihanouk.
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In 1975, Lon Nol's weak government had been overthrown by Khmer Rouge.
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In 1976, the country had been renamed Democratic Kampuchea Sihanouk resigned which brought Khieu Samphan to head of state, and made Pol Pot the prime minister.
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In January of 1979, the Vietnamese take Phnom Penh. Pol Pot Khmer Rouge's forces then flee with Thailand to the border region.
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Hun Sen became the prime minister and Cambodia was plagued by Guerrilla warfare turning Hundreds of thousands into refugees.
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Vietnamese Troops Were Withdrawn and the Government Was Renamed State of Cambodia.
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The SOC ruled independently until the Paris Peace Agreement, which created the United Nations Transitional Authority
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UNTAC supervised general elections in Cambodia and was supported by 22,000 UN Troops.
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The deputy leader Khmer Rouge Ieng Sary formed a new party in 1996 and was then granted amnesty by Sihanouk.
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Hun Sen mounted a coup against Prince Ranariddh and replaced him with Ung Huot. The Khmer Rouge had then put Pol Pot on trial and sent him to imprisonment for life.
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Prince Ranariddh was tried in an absence and had been found guilty of arms smuggling, however he was pardoned by the king.
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In April of 1998, Pol Pot had died in his jungle hideout.
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in July of 1998, elections are won by Hun Sen's CPP. A coalition was soon formed between the CPP and Funcinpec. Hun Sen was the prime minister while Ranariddh was president of National Assembly.
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In June of 2001, The US based CFF members were convicted of Phnom Penh 2000 attack. The group then pledges to continue their campaign to overthrow Hun Sen.
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The first multi-party local elections were held In 2002. Ruling Cambodian People's Party wins in all 1,620 communes except for 23.
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In 2003, Serious diplomatic became upset with Thailand for comments that had been attributed to a Thai TV star in which the Angkor Wat temple complex was stolen from Thailand. This caused angry crowds to attack the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party wins general elections. However, they failed to secure sufficient majority to govern alone.
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After about a year of political deadlock, the Prime Minister Hun Sen was re-elected after the CPP and the Royalist Funcinpec party strikes a deal.
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In February of 2005, Sam Rainsy, the opposition leader, went abroad after parliament strips him of immunity from prosecution, and left him open to defamation charges brought by the ruling coalition.
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In December of 2005, Rainsy is convicted in Absentia for defaming Hun Sen and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
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In February of 2006, Rainsy received a royal pardon and returns home.
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In May of 2006, parliament voted to abolish prison terms for defamation.
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In July of 2006, One of the top leaders to Khmer Rouge regime, Ta Mok, dies at the age of 80
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In March of 2007, Ranariddh was sentenced to 18 months in prison for selling the Funcinpec party's headquarters
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In September of 2007, Nuon Chea, The most senior survivor in Khmer Rouge, was arrested and charged for crimes against humanity
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In April of 2008, The US court convicted the CFF leader, Chhun Yasith of masterminding 2000 attack in Phnom Penh.
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In 2009, a former Khmer Rouge member, Kaing Guek Eav, Goes on trial for charges of presiding over the murders of thousands of people as head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison camp.