Events in Cypriot History
- 1489-03-14 The last Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro is forced to abdicate by Venice
- 1570-07-02 Ottoman Empire invades Venetian controlled Cyprus and lays siege to its cities. Gains control of the island August 1571.
"Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus"
1823-12-20 Play "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" by Helmina von Chézy with incidental music by Franz Schubert premieres in Vienna
- 1878-06-04 Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes
- 1879-04-20 1st mobile home (horse drawn) used in a journey from London & Cyprus
- 1914-11-02 Great Britain annexes Cyprus
- 1914-11-05 Britain declares war on Turkey and annexes Cyprus, occupied since 1878; the immediate reason is to keep it from being taken by Turkey
- 1925-05-01 Cyprus becomes a British Crown Colony
- 1946-04-15 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27; first and only Cypriot athlete to win the event
- 1946-08-13 Britain diverts illegal emmigrants bound for Palestine to Cyprus
- 1955-03-21 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus advocates for Cyprus to join Greece
- 1955-04-01 EOKA-bomb attacks against British government buildings in Cyprus
- 1955-08-20 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus petitions UN for Cypriot right to self-determination
- 1955-11-26 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Cyprus
- 1956-03-09 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested for sedition and exiled to Seychelles
- 1956-03-10 General strike in Cyprus protesting exile of Archbishop Makarios
- 1956-08-29 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
- 1957-03-20 Britain accepts NATO offer to mediate in Cyprus, but Greece rejects it
- 1957-09-12 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US
- 1958-06-07 Battles between Turkish & Greeks Cypriots break out
- 1958-06-14 British parachutists lands on Cyprus
- 1959-02-19 Britain, Turkey & Greece sign agreement granting Cyprus independence
- 1959-03-01 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus after 3 years
- 1959-12-03 State of emergency in Cyprus ends
- 1959-12-13 Archbishop Makarios elected 1st president of Cyprus, receiving two thirds of the vote
- 1959-12-14 Archbishop Makarios proclaimed president of Cyprus
- 1960-08-16 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus
- 1960-09-20 UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
- 1961-05-24 Cyprus joins the Council of Europe.
- 1963-12-24 Greek & Turks riot in Cyprus
- 1964-02-11 Greek & Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1964-02-12 Fighting breaks out between Turks and Greeks over dispute islands in Cyprus and 16 are killed; the UN responds the following month by sending a peacekeeping force
- 1964-03-13 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
- 1964-03-27 UN troops arrive in Cyprus
- 1964-08-07 Turkey begins air attack on Greek Cypriots
- 1967-04-20 A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
- 1967-12-29 Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus
- 1968-02-25 Archbishop Makarios re-elected president of Cyprus
- 1973-04-08 Thirty-two terrorist bombings in Cyprus
- 1974-07-15 Military coup on Cyprus: Archbishop and President Makarios flees
- 1974-07-20 Turkey invades Cyprus establishing Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- 1974-08-14 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
- 1974-11-01 UN affirms independence of Cyprus
- 1975-02-13 Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation
- 1975-12-07 Archbishop Makarios returns to Cyprus
- 1976-09-04 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
- 1977-08-31 Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
- 1978-02-11 EOKA disbands in Cyprus
- 1978-02-20 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
- 1983-11-15 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
- 1985-09-25 Palestinian terrorists kill 3 Israeli sailors at Lanaca Cyprus
- 2001-08-01 Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
- 2002-12-13 The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004
- 2004-05-01 Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.
- 2008-01-01 Malta and Cyprus officially adopt the Euro currency and become the fourteenth and fifteenth Eurozone countries.
- 2009-09-09 Cyprus enters recession after 0.6% contraction in the first quarter, followed by 0.4% in the second quarter
- 2013-02-24 Nicos Anastasiades wins the Cypriot presidential election
- 2013-03-16 A €10 billion Cyprus bailout plan will wipe out 10% of the citizens' bank deposits
- 2013-03-24 A series of emergency meetings in Brussels undertaken to resolve Cyprus’ financial situation
- 2013-03-28 Banks in Cyprus re-open after having been closed for two weeks; the government agrees a 10 billion euro bailout deal with the EU and IMF
- 2019-04-13 Body of 38-year-old Filipino woman discovered in abandoned mine starts the hunt for Cyprus's first serial killer, at least 5 other bodies later discovered
- 2019-06-24 Greek Cypriot army officer Nicos Metaxas given seven life sentences for the murder of five women and two children in Nicosia
- 2021-07-03 Worst wildfires in Cyprus' history begin in Limassol district, spreading in next few days and killing four people
Famous People from Cyprus
- 1328-10-09 Peter I of Cyprus, King of Cyprus (1358-69), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1369)
- 1454-11-25 Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, born in Venice (d. 1510)
- 1898-03-23 Georgios Grivas, Cypriot leader and patriot (fought guerilla war for independence against British), born in Trikomo, Cyprus (d. 1974)
- 1900-04-02 Anis Fuleihan, Lebanese-American classical pianist, composer (Theremin Concerto), conductor, and pedagogue, born in Kyrenia, British Cyprus (d. 1970)
- 1905-11-12 Solon Michaelides, Cypriot composer, teacher, and musicologist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 1979)
- 1913-03-13 Sir Reo Stakis, Anglo-Cypriot hotel magnate (d. 2001)
- 1913-08-13 Makarios III [Michail Moeskos], Greek Cypriot clergyman (Archbishop of Cyprus, 1950-77), and politician (1st President of Cyprus, 1966-74), born in Panayia, Paphos< British Cyprus (d. 1977)
- 1922-06-11 Michael Cacoyannis, Greek film director (Zorba the Greek, Trojan Women), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2011)
- 1924-01-27 Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot politician, founding President of North Cyprus (1983-2005), born in Paphos, British Cyprus (d. 2012)
- 1931-05-21 George Vassiliou, Cypriot politician, President of Cyprus (1988-93), born in Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1934-01-06 Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician and barrister (President, 2003–2008), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2008)
- 1938-02-26 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter, born in Tsada, Cyprus (d. 1957)
- 1940-09-17 Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2007)
- 1944-06-02 Garo Yepremian, American NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins), born in Larnaca, Cyprus (d. 2015)
- 1947-02-01 Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer ("Laisse-moi t'aimer" ("Let Me Love You")), born in Famagusta, Cyprus (d. 1975)
- 1949-08-26 Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz musician ("Seduced"; "Theme to Mr. Belvedere"), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2019)
- 1949-09-03 Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa, born in Sichari, Kyrenia District, Cyprus (d. 2004)
- 1949-12-17 Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
- 1955-07-14 Matthew Seligman, British studio and touring new wave rock bassist (Robyn Hitchcock; Thompson Twins; Thomas Dolby), born in Pentageia, Cyprus (d. 2020)
- 1957-12-20 Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer, born in Pyla, Cyprus
- 1958-07-24 Mick Karn [Andonis Michaelides], Cypriot-British new wave and art rock fretless bassist, and singer-songwriter (Japan), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2011)
- 1959-09-24 Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-born British businessman (Dragon's Den, Millwall Football Club), born in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1964-02-05 Alexia Vassiliou, Cypriot singer and film score composer, born in Famagusta, Cyprus
- 1964-10-25 Melinda McGraw, American actress (Macenzie-Pursuit Of Happiness), born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1967-02-14 Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British-Cypriot entrepreneur, born in Athens, Greece
- 1968-02-25 Evridiki [Theokleous], Greek Cypriot rock and electro-pop singer, born in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1969-09-19 Alkinoos Ioannidis, Greek-Cypriot singer and composer, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1977-04-25 Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer ("O, ti m'afora"), born in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1978-02-19 Michalis Konstantinou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
- 1979-02-28 Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1979-11-05 Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1980-07-25 Diam's [Mélanie Georgiades], French rapper, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1981-05-14 Sarbel [Michael Maronitis], British-Cypriot pop singer ("Se Pira Sovara"), born in London, England
- 1981-05-27 Fivos Constantinou, Cypriot distance runner
- 1984-07-07 Minas Alozidis, Greek-Cypriot hurdler
- 1984-07-26 Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper, born in Limassol, Cyprus
- 1985-06-17 Marcos Baghdatis, Cypriot tennis player (Australian Open 2006 runner-up; World #8 2006), born in Paramytha, Cyprus