20th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Japanese occupation of Cambodia: Japanese troops occupied Cambodia. | |
| 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 | 9 November | Cambodia officially gained its independence from France. |
| 1955 | 2 March | King Sihanouk abdicated in favour of his father, Norodom Suramarit. |
| 1963 | 27 August | Cambodia severed ties with South Vietnam. |
| 1970 | 18 March | General Lon Nol overthrew Sihanouk and established a republic. see Cambodian Campaign |
| 1975 | 17 April | Cambodian Civil War: The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh and declared the establishment of Democratic Kampuchea. |
| 1977 | 31 December | Cambodia broke relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
| 1979 | 7 January | Cambodian-Vietnamese War: Vietnamese troops captured Phnom Penh establishing the People's Republic of Kampuchea. The rule of the Khmer Rouge is over. |
| 1989 | 26 September | The last Vietnamese troops withdrew from Cambodia. |
| 1992 | 16 March | 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. |
| 24 September | A new constitution was ratified, under which the Cambodian monarchy was restored. Norodom Sihanouk returned to the throne. | |
| 1997 | The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, a tribunal for the Khmer Rouge, was established. |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Cambodian History
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