Timeline of Sri Lankan history
This is a timeline of Sri Lankan history, comprising important & territorial changes and political & economic events in Sri Lanka and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Sri Lanka.
Pre 90th century BC
Year | Date | Events |
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500,000 BC | Human inhabitant in Sri Lanka[1] |
19th century AD
Year | Date | Event |
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1803 | First Kandyan War: British forces attack the Kingdom of Kandy after the King's Adigar Pilimatalawe defected. | |
1815 | 2 March | Kandyan Convention: The Kingdom of Kandy is ceded to the British in an agreement signed between British Governor Sir Robert Brownrigg and the Kandyan cheifs. |
1817 | Great Rebellion of 1817–1818: The Kandyans rebel against British rule. | |
1833 | Colebrooke–Cameron Commission: Legal and economic reforms proposed, first manifestation of constitutional government. Legislative Council of Ceylon established. | |
1848 | Matale rebellion: Peasant revolt against imposition of taxes. | |
1864 | Rāmañña Nikāya established. |
20th century AD
Year | Date | Event |
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1915 | 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots | |
1931 | Donoughmore Commission: Established universal franchise in Ceylon, and the State Council of Ceylon was elected. | |
1948 | 4 February | Independence is gained as the Dominion of Ceylon. |
1958 | 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom | |
1971 | 1971 JVP insurrection: Marxist insurrection conducted by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna against the government of Sri Lanka. | |
1972 | Sri Lanka becomes a republic. |
Notes
References
- Deraniyagala, Siran U. "Pre and Protohistoric settlement in Sri Lanka". International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences. XIII U. I. S. P. P. Congress Proceedings- Forli, 8–14 September 1996. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
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