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| Year | Date | Event |
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| 802 | Jayavarman II declared independence from Srivijaya under the Sailendra, proclaiming himself the divine king of Kambuja. | |
| 850 | Jayavarman died. His son Jayavarman III succeeded him. | |
| 877 | Jayavarman III died. He was succeeded by his cousin Indravarman I. | |
| 890 | Indravarman died. His son Yasovarman succeeded him. |
10th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 968 | Jayavarman V succeeded Rajendravarman II as ruler of Kambuja, now the Khmer Empire. |
11th century
| Year | Date | Event |
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| 1001 | Jayavarman V died. He was succeeded by Udayadityavarman I. | |
| 1002 | The king died. A civil war ensued between Jayaviravarman and Suryavarman I, both of whom claimed the throne. | |
| 1010 | Suryavarman became the uncontested king of the Khmer Empire. | |
| 1050 | Suryavarman died. He was succeeded by Udayadityavarman II, a descendant of Yasovarman's wife. | |
| 1066 | Udayadityavarman died. Harshavarman III succeeded him. |
12th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1107 | Jayavarman VI died. He was succeeded by Dharanindravarman I. | |
| 1113 | Dharanidravarman died, possibly murdered by his great nephew Suryavarman II who succeeded him. | |
| 1132 | An attempted invasion of Vietnam was defeated. | |
| 1150 | Suryavarman died, possibly in a military campaign against the Cham of Central Vietnam. Dharanindravarman II succeeded him. | |
| 1160 | Dharanindravarman died. He was succeeded by Yasovarman II. | |
| 1177 | Cham invaders took control of Yasodharapura, the Khmer capital, and executed the king. |
13th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1203 | Jayavarman forcibly annexed the south of Champa (today South Central Vietnam). | |
| 1219 | Jayavarman died. He was succeeded by Indravarman II. | |
| 1238 | Two Thai chieftains in the city of Sukhothai declared the establishment and independence of the Sukhothai Kingdom. | |
| 1243 | Indravarman died. Jayavarman VIII succeeded him. | |
| 1283 | Jayavarman agreed to pay tribute to the Mongol Empire in lieu of suffering invasion. |
14th century
| Year | Date | Event |
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15th century
| Year | Date | Event |
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| 1431 | The Thai invaded Angkor. |
16th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1593 | King Sattha requested protection from the Spanish governor of the Philippines against the Thai. | |
| 1594 | The Thai captured the Cambodian capital, Lovek, and installed a military governor there. | |
| Sattha died. | ||
| 1597 | Spain installed a son of King Sattha on the Cambodian throne. | |
| 1599 | The Spanish soldiers in Cambodia were massacred by Malay mercenaries. |
17th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1623 | King Chettha II allowed Vietnamese refugees from the Trịnh-Nguyễn Civil War to settle in Prey Nokor. | |
| 1659 | A Cambodian civil war was followed by a Vietnamese invasion. | |
| 1690 | Cambodia was annexed by Vietnam. | |
| 1698 | An emissary arrived in Prey Nokor to establish Vietnamese administration over the expatriate population. |
18th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1749 | The Vietnamese conquered the Mekong Delta (Khmer Cochinchina). | |
| 1779 | A new Khmer king, Ang Eng, was installed under Thai protection. |
19th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | A Khmer revolt took place against Vietnamese rule . | |
| 1841 | Ang Duong became king. | |
| 1851 | Cambodia successfully overthrew the Vietnamese occupation. | |
| 1860 | Ang Duong died. His son Norodom succeeded him. | |
| 1863 | Faced with a domestic rebellion, Norodom was forced to accept an offer of protection from the French. | |
| 1887 | October | Cambodia was subsumed into the Indochinese Union. |
| 1897 | The Résident supérieur was granted the royal powers of tax collection, rule by decree, and appointment of royal officials and crown princes. |
20th century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Japanese troops occupied Cambodia. | |
| The king, Sisowath Monivong, died. The French chose his grandson Norodom Sihanouk to succeed him. | ||
| 1945 | After its defeat in World War II, Japan relinquished its Indochinese territories. | |
| 1953 | November 9 | Cambodia officially gained its independence from France. |
| 1955 | March 2 | King Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit. |
| 1963 | Aug 27 | Cambodia severed ties with South Vietnam. |
| 1970 | March 18 | General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. see Cambodian Campaign |
| 1975 | April 17 | Cambodian Civil War: The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea. |
| 1977 | Dec 31 | Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| 1979 | January 7 | Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh. The Khmer Rouge is over. |
| 1989 | September 26 | The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia. |
| 1992 | March 16 | A United Nations peacekeeping force, the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC), began monitoring Cambodia. |
| 1993 | May | Cambodia held free elections. The Khmer Rouge boycotted them. |
| September 24 | A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne. |
21st century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | January 18 | An Angkor newspaper reported that Suvanant Kongying, a Thai actress, had claimed that Angkor Wat rightfully belonged to Thailand. |
| January 28 | Thai television programs were banned from broadcasting in Cambodia. | |
| January 29 | 2003 Phnom Penh riots: Nationalist rioters destroyed the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. | |
| July 7 | Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003: Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won a majority of seats in the National Assembly. | |
| 2004 | October 14 | King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated. His son Norodom Sihamoni was crowned as his successor. |
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