YEAR 1400 1417 Pongsa Voda records the
Siamese’s siege of Angkor, which capitulated after seven months during which
Khmer ministers had gone over to the enemy, taking a great number of
followers. [22] 1425 1432 1433 King Ponhea Yat abandons
Angkor and moves his court to Basan. [14] 1505 Khmer Royal court moves to
Udong. [22] [Map | Image] 1516 1528 Khmer Royal court moves to Longvaek. [22] 1556 A Portuguese missionary,
Gaspar de Cruze, cames to Longvaek in an attempt to convert Camboidains to
Christianity. He leaves a year later
disappointedly unable to convert any Cambodians, whom he blames for believing
in superstitions and loyalty to Buddhism. [29] 1580 Portugal and Spain send reinforcements
of Spanish soldiers of fortune and Dominicans from Manila, the Philippines,
to protect Portuguese in Cambodia.
Many Portuguese traders and missionaries are in the Khmer court of
Longvaek. [14] 1583 Pongsa Voda accounts a Siamese
invasion with 100,000 men, 800 elephants, and 15,000 horses; it also details
the abduction of the King’s chief wife, and the flight of the King’s elderly
aunt. The Siamese account of the same
incidence describes the victorious Siamese king bathing his feet in the blood
of the fallen Khmer king before departing with 50,000 prisoners. [22] 1585 Diego Belloso, a Portuguese
adventurer, comes to Longvaek. He
later married a relative of the King. [30] 1593 A Spaniard adventurer Blaz
Ruiz de Hernan Gonzales arrives in Longvaek.
He is one of a band of Portuguese and Spaniard traders and adventurers
come to Cambodia. [14] Reama 1st (1594 –
1596), Khmer king; Thai sacks Longvaek. 1595 Diego Belloso manages to
convince Dasmarinas, the Governor of the Philippines, to send military expedition
to protect the King Satha's throne and at the same time establish de facto
Spanish rule over the Khmer court.
Three ships with 130 soldiers are sent. [14] [30] 1596 Ream 2nd or Chau
Ponhea Nou (1596 – 1597), Khmer king. The Hispano-Portuguese
expedition sent from the Philippines arrives in Phnom Penh, but the King had already
fled the court at Srei
Santhor and Reama Chung Prei is installed. Belloso and Ruiz, who comes
with the expedition, along with 38 men go to Srei Santhor and attack the
palace at night. They kill King Reama
and fight their way back to their ships at Phnom Penh. [14]S April
12, 1596 Portuguese Belloso and
Spaniard Ruiz’s men attack and ruthlessly kill Chinese traders in Phnom
Penh. They also burn houses in the
Chinese quarter of Phnom Penh. [14] May 1596 Veloso, Ruiz and some 40 of
their men make a surprise attack on the Khmer court at Srei Santhor, killing
the King, burning his palace and blowing up a powder magazine. They then return to their ships in Phnom
Penh and fled. [14] May 1597 Veloso and Ruiz, who fled
Cambodia after killing a Khmer King the previous year, reappears with the son
of King Satha Chau Ponhea Ton (Barom Reachea II), who takes the throne at
Srei Santhor. [14] 1599 Barom Reachea VI (1599 –
1600), Khmer king. Spaniard and Malays in Phnom
Penh clashed, in which Veloso and Ruiz are killed. The Portuguese and Spaniard adventurers are at Srei Santhor for
discussion with the King as violent incident occurred in Phnom Penh between
Spaniards and Malays. Against the
King’s advice for them to hide and wait for the violence to calm down, the
two adventurers rush to Phnom Penh to help their compatriots and are both
killed. [14] 1600 Kev Fa 1st or Chau
Ponhea Nhom (1600 – 1602), Khmer king. 1612 July 1612 Peter Floris arrives in Phnom
Penh through the Mekong; he appeares to be the first British to reach Phnom
Penh. [14] 1620 A new palace is built at
Udong. [22] Dec. 1620 A Dutch under-merchant ship
arrives in Phnom Penh. 1627 Barom Reachea (Outei)?
[Opphayoreach], Khmer king. Srei Thoamareachea 1st
or Chau Ponhea To (1627 – 1632), Khmer king. 1632 Ang Tong Reachea or Chau
Ponhea Nou (1632 – 1640), Khmer king. 1637 The Dutch East Indies Company
establishes its first factory in Cambodia. [14] 1640 Botum Reachea 1st
or Ang Non (1640 – 1642), Khmer king. 1642 Reameathipadei 1st
or Chau Ponhea Chan (1642 – 1658) ascended the Khmer throne. King Ponhea Chan, in response
to the disorder of traders, issues a decree that all Khmer or foreign ships
arriving from other countries would not be permitted to moor at Phnom Penh
unless their masts and helms are removed. [14] 1643 Sept. 1643 Manager of the Dutch factory
Pierre de Regemortes, following disturbances, presents himself at the Oudong
Court to protest against the violence and damage suffered by his
company. Irritated by his insolence,
the Royal Guard kills him and his followers.
At the same time, the trading post is pillaged, 36 of the company’s
men are killed and some 50 others are thrown into prison. [14] 1644 March
23, 1644 To re-establish the Company’s
prestige in Cambodia, the Council of the Indies decides to mount a reprisal expedition
by dispatching a squadron of ships comprising the Kievit, the Dolphin, the
Wakende Boei and the Noorster, carrying 432 well-armed men, under the command
of Admiral Hendrik Harouze and Vice-Admiral Simon Jacobsz Domkins. June 3, 1644 Three of the four ships sent
by the Indies Company arrives off Phnom Penh; July 22, 1644 Dutch ship ‘the Noordster’
is attacked by the Khmer Royal ships, which include the ships Rijswijk and
Oranjeboom captured from the Dutch the previous year. [14] 1646 The King agrees to hand back
the Dutch prisoners who were captured three years earlier, as well as the
seized merchandise. [14] 1651 A British merchant comes to
Phnom Penh and Longvaek
in August to set up a factory. In his
diary, he described the rivers at Phnom Penh: “Three big rivers traverse the
country, but all three converge at the site of the principal town. This town is called Pantaprick by the
people of the country and Camboja by the Malays and Christians. The three rivers are the Bussack, the
Kerringheze and the Sending. The
Bussack lies to the west, the Kerringheze to the east, and the Sending between
the two. The distance from the mouth
of the river to the town of Camboja is about 190 miles. If a ship wishes to mount the river in
Jan. Feb. March or April and is aided by a favorable wind and the tide, it
can reach Camboja in five days.
During the months of May and June the voyage would take 10 to 12
days. In Aug. and Sept. the current
is so swift and the winds so unfavorable that the journey can take more than
52 days.” [14] 1653 Bastian de Bouillon, according
to the English documents, appeares to be the first Frenchman to arrive in
Cambodia. He arrives from Batavia with
two junks laden with cloth worth 30,000 reals. [14] 1655 The King and East Indies
Company reach an agreement under which Khmer would pay restitution for the
damage to the Company’s trading post; however, the Dutch have to forego the
trade monopoly in Cambodia. [14] 1656 The British hands over their
trading post to the Dutch. Soon after
the British set up a trading post in Cambodia, the Dutch make relentless war
on the British trading competitors, who later withdraw completely from
Cambodia. [14] 1659 Barom Reachea VIII or Ang So
(1659 – 1672), Khmer king. Dutch trading post in Phnom
Penh is sacked by Annameses. 1662 The Society of Foreign
Missionary of Paris (Societe des Missions Etrangeres de Paris) is set up in the
Siamese capital. A few years later it
tries to extend its religious activities to Cambodia but encounters the
opposition of the Spanish Dominicans, who are determined to defend their
fief. [14] 1664 Reameathipadei ? (Outei
Sorivong Ang Tan) [Opphayoreach] (1664 – 1674), Khmer king. 1665 French Father Louis Chevreul
establishes himself in the Svay Rieng area.
He later moves to Phnom Penh and finally to Oudong. However, discouraged by Khmer indifference
and the hostility of the Hispano-Portugese, the priest abandoned his
evangelist effort and leave Cambodia. [14] 1667 July 9, 1667 The yacht Schelvisch
arrives at the trading post in Phnom Penh to evacuate Dutch traders, but that
night the Chinese forestall the Dutch and invade their establishment,
murdering the factor, Pierre Ketting, along with some of his men and seize
the money and goods before withdrawing. [14] July 12, 1667 The Schelvisch left
Phnom Penh, marking the end of the East Indies Company in Cambodia. [14] 1672 Botum Reachea II or Srei Chei
Chet (1672 – 1673), Khmer king. 1673 Kev Fa II or Ang Chi (1673 –
1677), Khmer king. 1674 Botum Reachea ? (Ang Non)
[Opphayoreach] (1674 – 1691), Khmer king. 1677 Chei Chettha III or Ang So
(1677 – 1695), Khmer king first reign. 1695 Reameathipadei II or Ang Yang
(1695 – 1696), Khmer king. 1696 Chei Chettha III or Ang So
(1696 – 1700), Khmer king second reign.
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