A Short History of Cambodia:ประวัติศาสตร์โดยย่อของประเทศกัมพูชา

Timeline of Cambodia

A chronology of key events:

1863 - Cambodia becomes a protectorate of France.

1941 - Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king. 

          - Cambodia is occupied by Japanese military forces. 

1945 - The Japanese occupation ends.

1953 - Cambodia is granted full independence from France. 

1955 - King Sihanouk abdicates the throne to his father.

1960 - Sihanouk once again becomes king after the death of his father.

1970 - Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup and establishes the Khmer Republic. King Sihanouk is forced to exile in China.

1975 - Khmer Rouge forces enter Phnom Penh.

1976 - The country is renamed Democratic Kampuchea. Sihanouk resigns, Khieu Samphan becomes head of state, Pol Pot is prime minister.

1978 - Vietnamese armed forces invade Cambodia.

1979 - The Vietnamese takes over Phnom Penh. Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge forces flee to the border region of Thailand.

1985 - Hun Sen becomes prime minister at 33 years old. He is the youngest prime minister in the world.

1989 - Vietnamese troops withdraw from Cambodia. The country is re-named the State of Cambodia. Buddhism is re-established as the state religion.

1991 - A peace agreement is signed in Paris, France.

1993 - General elections are held in Cambodia.

1998 - Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party wins general elections.

References:

"Timeline of Cambodian History." (Online). Available : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Cambodian_history  Retrieved 22 October 2014.

"History of Cambodia." (Online). Available :http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13006828  Retrieved 22 October 2014.