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Birth of Prince Siddhaartha Gauthama on 'Vesak Pôya' (May full moon) day in India. Dad |
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Enlightment of Lord Gauthama Buddha on 'Vesak Pôya' (May full moon) day . |
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588 BC 1st visit to Mahiyanganaya on 'Duruthu Pôya' (January full moon) day by Lord Gauthama Buddha from Uruvela Dhanavva, India. |
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584 BC 2nd visit to Naagadeepa on 'Bak Pôya' (April full moon) day by Lord Gauthama Buddha from Jêthavanaaraamaya in Sævæth Nuvara, India. |
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582 BC 3rd visit to Kelaniya on 'Vesak Pôya' (May full moon) day by Lord Gauthama Buddha from Jêthavanaaraamaya in Sævæth Nuvara, India. |
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THAMMANNA KINGDOM ERA
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543 BC Prince Vijaya & his entourage arrive in the country from India & lands at Thammanna beachhead which coincides with the same day that Lord Gauthama Buddha died in India. The 1st group of imigrants to the country from nothern India. Prince Vijaya marries Kuveni a native Sri Lankan. King Vijaya becomes the 1st King of Sri Lanka. Start of mass civilization of Sri Lanka called the 'Sinhala'. Various ministers of King Vijaya forms cities along the banks of Kingdom - Thammanna Nuwara |
Death of Lord Gauthama Buddha in India on 'Vesak Pôya'
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505 BC King Vijaya (38 year rule) dies. King Upathissa a Chief Minister of King Vijaya enthroned provisionally after King Vijaya's death. Kingdom - Upathissa Gaama |
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504 BC King Upathissa (01 year rule) hands over rule to Prince Panduvasdev, nephew of King Vijaya (eldest son of King Vijaya's brother Sumithra) who arrived from India to take over rule on the invitation of King Vijaya. King Panduvasdhev (Panduvaasadêva) enthroned. Kingdom - Panduvas Nuvara |
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454 BC King Abhaya (20 year rule) hands over rule. 454 BC to 437 BC No ruler |
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ANURAADHAPURA KINGDOM ERA |
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437 BC King Pandukaabhaya enthroned. Builds Anuraadhapura the 1st capital of the country |
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| 367 BC King Pandukaabhaya (70 year rule) dies. |
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Birth of Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. |
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412 AD Rev. Fahien from China arrives. |
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432 AD King Soththisêna (Sengoth) enthroned after the death of his father King Mahaanaama (mothered by a Tamil wife of King Mahaanaama). King Soththisena (few hours of rule) murdered by his aunt Princess Sangha, the sister of King Mahaanaama. |
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433 AD King Jaththagaahaka the husband of Queen (Princess) Sangha enthroned after getting King Soththisena murdered by his wife. |
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434 AD King Jaththagaahaka (01 year rule) dies. |
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473 AD King Kashyapa enthroned. |
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524 AD King Keerthisena enthroned after death of his father King Kumaradasa. |
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525 AD King Keerthisena (01 year rule) murdered by nephew Shiva. *King Shiva enthroned after murdering the ruler, King Keerthisena. King Shiva (25 day rule) murdered by Prince Upathissa. King Upathissa the 3rd enthroned after murdering the ruler, King Shiva. |
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526 AD King Upathissa the 3rd (01 year rule) dies. King Shilaakaala enthroned after death of the ruler, King Upathissa. |
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539 AD King Shilaakaala (13 year rule) dies. |
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POLONNARUWA KINGDOM ERA
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1040 AD King Keerthi the Army commander of King Kaashyapa Wickramabahu enthroned after the death of the ruler, King Kaashyapa Wickramabahu. King Keerthi (08 day rule) murdered by Prince Mahaalaana Keerthi. King Mahaalaana Keerthi enthroned after murdering the ruler, King Keerthi. Kingdom - Ruhuna |
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1042 AD King Mahaalaana Kerthi commits suicide after been defeated by the Soli (Tamils) at war. |
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| 1153 AD King Parakramabaahu 1 enthroned after arriving in Pihiti Kingdom from Maaya Kingdom. |
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| 1186 AD King Paraakramabaahu 1 (33 year rule) dies a natural death. |
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1209 AD Prince Dharmashoka (01 year rule) murdered along with his army chiftain Ayeshmantha by a Cholian, Anikanga (from India) and his Cholian army who invades Polonnaruwa. King Anikanga a Cholian (from India) enthroned after murdering the ruler, King Dharmashoka. Kingdom - Polonnaruwa King Anikanga (17 day rule) murdered by his army cheiftain Chamunakka. Queen Leelawathie enthroned after the army cheiftain Chamunakka murders his master, King Anikanga. |
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1210 AD Queen Leelawathi (01 year rule) chased away by a Cholian, Lokeshwara (from India) and his Cholian army who invades the country. King Lokeshwara - a Cholian (from India) enthroned after he invades the country with an army of Cholians, chasing away the ruler, Queen Leelawathee. |
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1211 AD King Lokeshwara (09 month rule) chased away by the Sinhala army chieftain Parakrama of Queen Leelawathie. Queen Leelawathie (03rd time) re-enthroned by army chieftain Parakrama by chasing away the ruler, Chola King Lokeshwara. Kingdom - Polonnaruwa |
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1521 AD 'Wijayaba Kollaya' |
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DAMBADENIYA KINGDOM ERA
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KURUNEGALA KINGDOM ERA
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GAMPOLA KINGDOM ERA
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KOTTE KINGDOM ERA
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SEETHAWAKA KINGDOM ERA
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MAHANUWARA (Kandy) KINGDOM ERA
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PORTUGUESE RULE |
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1505 AD Begining of the Portuguese colonization & subsequent westernization of Sri Lanka for the 1st time. November 03rd & 15th - Portuguese led by Lorenzo De Almeida sail in to Galle & Colombo ports. |
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1518 AD Portuguese builds the Colombo Fort. |
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1580 AD August 21st - King Don Juan Dharmapala hands over a proclamation handing over rule of Kotte kingdom to the Portuguese. |
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1592 AD King Wimaladharmasooriya builds the 'Dalada Medura' (temple of the sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Gauthama Buddha) in Mahanuwara (Kandy). |
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DUCTH RULE |
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1602 AD Begining of the Dutch colonization of Sri Lanka. May 21st - Dutch led by Joriston Speil Burgen sail in to Madakalapuwa (Batticaloa) port. |
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1610 AD 1st Tobacco plant imported by the Dutch & planted in Sri Lanka. |
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1637 AD Battle of Gannoruwa - the 1st battle between the Sinhala army & the invading Portuguese. |
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| 1658 AD Liberating the coastal strongholds of the Porthuguese by the Sinhala army. |
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| 1739 AD King Narêndra Sinha, the last Sinhala ruler before independence dies. |
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BRITISH RULE
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| 1765 AD British forces sail in to Colombo. Begining of the British colonization of Sri Lanka. |
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1815 AD 1st time the whole of Sri Lanka comes under a foreign rule (British rule). British forces invade & takes over the Kandyan kingdom under the guidance of Ehelapola Nilame. Signing of the Kandyan Convention (02nd ~ 10th March) Britishers capture the last King of Sri Lanka, King Muththusami alias Sri Wickrama Raajasinha with his two wives & imprisons in Vellore, India. |
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| 1818 AD Martial Law enforced for the 1st time in Sri Lanka. |
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1832 AD King Muththusami alias Sri Wickrama Raajasinha (56) dies after 17 years in a prison in Vellore, India. January 07th - 'Colombo Journal' - the 1st English newspaper published by Britisher |
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1848 AD Maathale Uprising - 1st Lighthouse erected at Galle port. |
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INDEPENDENCE ERA
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1948 February 04th - Sri Lanka gains independence from Great Britain. Don Steven Senanayake becomes 01st Prime Minister with 101 Members of Parliament (95 Elected & 06 appointed). 14 Ministers. 30 Senators. . Start of the electoral system with political parties. |
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| 1951 Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike resigns from the ruling United National Party (UNP) and forms the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) gathering the 'Pancha Mahaa Balawêgaya (5 Great Forces), Sangha (Buddhist Clergy), Wedha (Doctors), Guru (Teachers), Govi (Farmers) & Kamkaru (Workers). |
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1952 March 02nd - Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake (04 year 01 month rule) falls from a Horse & dies. Honoured as the 'Father of the Nation'. Dudley Senanayake, son of the 1st Prime Minister D.S.Senanayake & Minister of Agriculture becomes 02nd Prime Minister after the death of his father, D.S. Senanayake. May ~ June - General Elections - United National Party wins & Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake (02 month rule) reappointed as the Prime Minster for the2nd time with 14 Ministers. |
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1953 August 12th - Civil Unrest due to taking off the Rice subsidy. 9 killed by the Armed Forces. October - Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake (01 year 03 month rule) resigns due to the above problem. Sir John Kothalawela, Deputy Leader of the ruling United National Party appointed as 03rd Prime Minister after the resignation of Dudley Senanayake. |
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1956 April - General Elections - The ruling UNP loses & S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike's SLFP party forms a coalition named Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) with a leftist group & wins to become the 04th Prime Minister. |
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1958 January 03rd - Nationalization of the Bus Service |
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1959 September 26th - Prime Minister S.W.R.D. Bandaranayake (03 year 05 month rule) shot dead by two people named Somaaraama & Buddharakkitha, wearing buddhist monk's robes at his residence. Education Minister Wijeyananda Dahanaka appointed as the 05th Prime Minister after the death of S.W.R.D Bandaranayake. |
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1972 Sri Lanka becomes a Socialist Democratic Republic under Prime Minister Ms. Sirimavo Bandaranayke |
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