Chronology
of Cambodian History, 1920-1939
YEAR
Month/Day/Year
1920
02/25/20
Civil Code is
adopted.
04/13/20
Albert Sarraut
Museum is inaugurated in Phnom Penh. The Museum is again renamed from the
Museum of Cambodia by a decree issued on April 10 by King Sisowath in
honor of the French governor-general of Indochina, Albert Sarraut.
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04/15/20
Gaston Rene Georges
Maspero, interim Resident Superieur.
12/06/20
Hector Clair Henri
Jospeh Letang, interim Resident Superieur.
1922
04/
10/22
Victor L'Helgoulch,
interim Resident Superieur.
10/31/22
Prince Norodom
Sihanouk is born.
1925
02/14/25
France and Siam sign a
Treaty of Friendship, which among other things, confirms the frontier
between Cambodia and Siam that was demarcated in
1907.
04/16-18/25
French Resident,
Bardez, is killed by angry Khmer peasants at Kampong Chhang.
1927
01/20/27
Aristide Le Fol,
Resident Superieur.
08/09/27
King Sisowath dies;
his son Prince Sisowath
Monivong is elected to succeed him.
1928
05/25/28
Sarloth Sar (Pol
Pot) is born. (Prime Minister)
07/20/28
Prince Sisowath
Monivong is crowned king.
1929
01/01/29
Achille
Louis Auguste Silvestre, interim Resident Superieur.
01/12/29
Femand Marie Joseph
Antoine Lavit, Resident Superieur.
1930
Ieng Sary is born.
(Khmer Rouge Foreign Minister)
02/03/30
Indochinese
Communist Party (ICP) is founded.
05/12/30
Buddhist Institute is
established in Phnom Penh.
1931
07/27/31
Khieu Samphan is
born. (Head of State)
1932
Chan Sy is born.
(Prime Minister)
03/04/32
Achille Silvestre,
interim Resident Superieur.
12/07/32
Achille Silvestre,
Resident Superieur.
1934
Prince
Yukanthor, who lived in exile since 1900 for protesting against French
authority, dies in Bangkok.
Heng Samrin is
born. (Head of State)
1935
01/15/35
Henri
Louis Marie Richomme, interim Resident Superieur.
1936
The first Khmer language newspaper, Nagara Vatta or
Angkor Wat, is established by Son Ngoc Thanh and his associates - Sim Var
and Pach Chhoeun.
04/15/36
Pen Sovann is
born. (Prime Minister)
12/12/36
Leon Emmanuel Thibaudeau, interim Resident
Superieur.
1937
06/16/37
Leon
Emmanuel Thibaudeau, Resident Superieur.
12/07/37
France and Siam sign a treaty confirming the treaty
of 1925 and agreeing that any conflict should be solved by the
International Court at the Haye.
1939
Siam is renamed
Thailand.
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