| 802 AD |
Founding of the Khmer empire. |
| 802-50 |
Reign of King Jayavarman II, founder of the Khmer empire |
| 875-93 |
Building of Preah Ko |
| 877-89 |
Reign of King Indravarman I, builder of the first Angkor reservoir, Preah Ko and Bakong |
| 889-910 |
Reign of King Yasovarman I, who moves the capital to Ankgor and builds Lolei and Phnom Bakheng |
| 893-925 |
Building of Bakheng Temple |
| 928-42 |
Reign of King Jayavarman IV, a usurper who moves the capital to Koh Ker |
| 944-68 |
Reign of King Rajendravarman II, builder of Eastern Mabon, Pre Rup and Phimeanakas |
| 947-65 |
Pre Rup built |
| 965-1010 |
Kleang temple built |
| 967-1000 |
Banteay Srei built |
| 968-1001 |
Reign of King Jayavarman V, who oversaw construction of Ta Keo and Banteay Srei |
| 1002-49 |
King Suryavarman I expands the Khmer empire to its greatest extent |
| 1010-80 |
Construction of Baphuon temple |
| 1049-65 |
Reign of King Udayadityavarman II, who completes Baphuon and the Western Mabon |
| 1066-1100 |
Angkor divided, with several contenders for the throne |
| 1112-52 |
Reign of King Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat and Beng Mealea. He extended Khmer influence to Malaya, Burma and Siam (Thailand) and distinguished himself religiously from former kings through his devotion to the Hindu deity Vishnu (to whom Angkor Wat is dedicated). |
| 1100-75 |
Construction of Angkor Wat |
| 1117 |
The Chams of southern Vietnam, long annexed by the Khmer empire, rise up and sack Angkor, burning the wooden city and plundering its wealth |
| 1177-1230 |
Construction of Bayon Temple |
| 1181 |
King Jayavarman VII defeats the Chams |
| 1181-1219 |
Reign of King Jayavarman VII, who defeated the Chams and builds Angkor Thom, Preah Khan and Ta Prohm. Upon his death, the emprei begins to decline. |
| 1351 |
Thais sack Angkor |
| 1431 |
Thais sack Angkor again |
| 1432 |
End of Khmer empire. Angkor abandoned to the jungle. Buddhist monks care for it over the following centuries. |
| 16th cent |
Khmer court return briefly to Angkor, restoring Angkor Wat as a Buddhist shrine |
| 16th cent |
Portugese travellers encounter Angkor and call it "the walled city" |
| 17th cent |
A Japanese pilgrim draws a detailed plan of Angkor Wat, although he mistakenly recalls it was India |
| 1864 |
Cambodia becomes a French protectorate |
| 1860s |
"Rediscovery" of Angkor by the French (although it was never lost) |
| 1868 |
Publication of Mouhot's Voyage à Siam et dans le Cambodge causes a public sensation, and soon Mouhot is lauded as the discoverer of the "lost city of Angkor." |
| 1901 |
The École Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) begins a long associated with Angkor by funding an expedition to the Bayon Temple. |
| 1907 |
Angkor, until then under Thai control, is returned to Cambodia. The EFEO clear and restore the site, and in the same year the first tourists arrive - 200 in three months. |
| 1930 |
First major restoration carried out, on Banteay Srei |
| 1947 |
Siem Reap and other provinces sized by the Thais during Japanese occupation (since 1942) are returned to Cambodia |
| 1960s |
Massive restoration project on Angkor Wat |
| 1970-85 |
Khmer Rouge and Cambodian civil war stops restoration at Angkor |
| 1992 |
Angkor is named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO |
| 2003 |
Angkor is removed from UNESCO's list of world heritage sites in danger |
