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
500,000 BC		Human inhabitant in Sri Lanka^[1]

80th century BC[]

19th century AD[]

Year	Date	Event
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
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.

[pps-1] 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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