siege, medieval

Siege of Angkor

Name: Siege of Angkor
Location: Angkor, Cambodia

Siege of Angkor was a siege conducted in 1431 at Angkor, in what is now Cambodia.

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Fought1431

WhereAngkor, Cambodia13.433N, 103.833E

OutcomeAyutthayan troops loot Angkor; Ponhea Yat abandons Angkor and sets up court in Phnom Penh; Fall of the Khmer Empire, beginning of the Post-Angkor period

BelligerentsAyutthaya KingdomagainstKhmer Empire

Record

Date	1431 (year precision)
Place	Angkor, Cambodia 13.433N, 103.833E
Kind	Siege, medieval
Commanders	Chao Sam Phraya	Ponhea Yat

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Siem Reap 1990, 8.4 km S
Battle of Ko Chang 1941, 219 km SW
Fall of Phnom Penh 1975, 239 km SE
Fall of Phnom Penh 1975, 239 km SE
Battle of Kompong Speu 1970, 247 km S

Elsewhere in 1431

Siege of Angkor is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 12 in present-day Cambodia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q24945556, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Fall of Angkor, revision 1378421534, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.