Chronology of Cambodian History, 1910-1919         

YEAR

Month/Day/Year

1911

Alexis Louis Chhun is appointed Youmreach (Minister of Justice).

July 26, 1911

Paul Louis Luce, Resident Superieur.

Oct. 5, 1911

Son Sann is born. (Prime Minister)

Oct. 8, 1911

Ernest Outray, Resident Superieur.

1912

Penal Code is adopted in Cambodia.

1913

Nov. 13, 1913

Lon Nol is born. (Prime Minister and President)

1914

Sisowath Sirik Matak is born.  He will play a significant role in Cambodian politics, especially in the early 1970s.

Banteay Srei (the citadel of women), located about 20km from Angkor, is discovered.

Jan. 2, 1914

Cochinchina governor writes letter to Resident Superieur in Cambodia concerning maritime border between Cochinchina and Cambodia.

March 26, 1914

Xavier Tessareck, interim Resident Superieur.

July 25, 1914

Maurice Le Gallen, interim Resident Superieur.

Oct. 22, 1914

Francols Marlus Baudoin, Resident Superieur.

Nov. 20, 1914

Pali school is established in Phnom Penh.

1916

Prince Mayura, King Norodom's son, is exiled to the remote northern Laotian town of Xieng Khouang; he was suspected of working against the French's rule.

Jan. 6, 1916

The 1916 Affair begins, in which thousands of Cambodian peasants march into Phnom Penh to complain to the king about the taxes and forced labor that are imposed upon them by the French. More than 500 people are arrested and put in prison.

1917

School of Administration is established in Phnom Penh by the French authority to train Cambodian officials.

1918

National Museum of Cambodia is opened.  Its purpose is to store and exhibit Cambodia's national treasures - stone, bronze, and wooden sculpture. [23]

1919

April 12, 1919

King Sisowath issues a decree to rename the National Museum of Cambodia to the Musée du Cambodge (Museum of Cambodia). [23]