Phnom Penh: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Phnom Penh: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1432 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Cambodia (Post-Angkor period)
1845 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siamese-Vietnamese War (1841-45)
1866 AD
Capital of Cambodia (France)
1920 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Colony of Cambodia, part of French Indochina
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese invasion of French Indochina
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese coup d'etat
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Japanese invasion of French Indochina
1945 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Kampuchea
1945 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Kampuchea (Japan)
1953 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Cambodia
1970 AD
Capital of Khmer Republic
1975 AD
Mentioned in: Fall of Phnom Penh, part of Cambodian Civil War
1975 AD
Capital of Kampuchea
1976 AD
Capital of Democratic Kampuchea
1979 AD
Mentioned in Event: Vietnamese Full Scale Invasion of Cambodia
1979 AD
Capital of People's Republic of Kampuchea
1989 AD
Mentioned in Event: Vietnamese Full Scale Invasion of Cambodia
1989 AD
Capital of State of Cambodia