ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Cyprus </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2006 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Cyprus <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcyprus.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcyprus.html"> <img src = "../banners/bancyprus.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on March 19th 2005 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Cyprus </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1571 <BR> 1821 <BR> 1823-1829 <BR> 1833-1840 <BR> 1833 <BR> 1840-1849 <BR> 1841 <BR> 1845 <BR> 1849-1861 <BR> 1861-1867 <BR> 1871-1878 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1880 <BR> 1880 <BR> 1881 <BR> 1882 <BR> 1895 <BR> 1897 <BR> 1907 <BR> 1912 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1915 <BR><BR> 1920 <BR> 1925 <BR> 1931 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1946-1949 <BR><BR> 1947 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1950 <BR> 1954 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1955 <BR> 1956 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1958 <BR><BR> 1960 <BR><BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1960 <BR> 1963 <BR> 1964 <BR> 1965 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1983 <BR> 1991 <BR> 2000 <BR> 2002 <BR> 2004 <BR> 2004 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Begin of Ottoman Rule <BR> Cypriot Greeks joined in Greek Rebellion <BR> Island under Egyptian administration <BR> Island under Egyptian occupation <BR> Ottoman authorities offered Cyprus to the British <BR> Island under the administration of the Kapudan Pasha <BR> Ottoman authorities offered Cyprus to the British <BR> Ottoman authorities offered Cyprus to the British <BR> Part of Vilayet of Jezair i Bahr i Sefid <BR> Directly placed under administration of Istanbul <BR> Directly placed under administration of Istanbul <BR> Begin of British Administration <BR> Executive, Legislative Councils established <BR> First postage stamps for Cyprus issued <BR> Printing press established on Cyprus <BR> First Constitution <BR> First population census - 186,200 <BR> Separate boards of education for Christians, Muslims established <BR> First Greek language newspapers on Cyprus published <BR> Winston Churchill visited Cyprus <BR> Limassol got electricity <BR> At the outset of WW I, Britain formally annexed Cyprus <BR> First banknotes (Cypriot Pounds) issued <BR> Britain offered Cyprus to Greece in case the latter entered WW I on <BR> the side of the Entente <BR> Population 311,100 <BR> Cyprus declared a Crown Colony <BR> First riots of Greek supporters for Enosis <BR> Communist Party (AKEL) founded <BR> Turkish Minority Association (KATAK) established <BR> British authorities maintained Detention Camps for Jewish immigrants <BR> denied entry to Palestine <BR> Cyprus Airways established <BR> First public protest of Turkish Cypriots against ENOSIS <BR> vast majority of Greek Cypriots signed petition for ENOSIS <BR> Currency Reform; Cypriot Pound placed on decimal footing <BR> EOKA began a violent campaign for Enosis <BR> Tripartite Cyprus Conference held in London (UK, Greece, Turkey) <BR> Archbishop Makarios deported to the Seychelles <BR> Turkish Resistance Organization established (TKM) <BR> National Social Security Scheme introduced <BR> Turkish Cyprots (hitherto favoring continued British rule) suggest <BR> partitioning of the island <BR> Cyprus released into independence; Greece, Turkey, Britain <BR> signatory powers of a treaty guaranteeing status quo <BR> Population 573,600 <BR> Cyprus joined UN <BR> Elementary education made compulsory <BR> Pogroms against ethnic Turks <BR> UN peacekeeping troops sent to Cyprus <BR> Ministry of Education established <BR> Coup d'etat by the (pro-Enosis) National Guard <BR> Turkish invasion, island partitioned <BR> In Northern Cyprus, Turkish Federated State established <BR> Turkish Republic of North Cyprus proclaimed <BR> University of Cyprus opened <BR> Population (north and south) 758,400 <BR> Cyprus abolished the death penalty; last execution took place in 1962 <BR> Greek Cypriots rejected reunification plan <BR> Greek Cyprus joined the EU <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Article History of Cyprus, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Cyprus"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> World Statesmen : <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Cyprus.html"><B>Cyprus</B></A> <BR> History of Nicosia, from <A HREF = "http://www.mideasttravelling.net/cyprus/nicosia/nicosia_history.htm"><B>World Travel Gate</B></A> <BR> Article Cyprus, from <A HREF = "http://72.1911encyclopedia.org/C/CY/CYPRUS.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> Article Cypern, from <A HREF = "http://susi.e-technik.uni-ulm.de:8080/meyers/servlet/showSeite?ID=1048100893245&BandNr=4"><B>Meyers Konversationslexikon 1889</B></A>, in German <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click for Cyprus <BR> Cyprus Detention Camps, from <A HREF = "http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/pages/t016/t01650.html"><B>Simon Wiesenthal Center</B></A> <BR> Country Studies : Cyprus, from <A HREF = "http://www.country-studies.com/cyprus/"><B>Library of Congress</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.cyprus-conflict.net/intro%20page.htm"><B>The Cyprus Conflict</B></A> <BR> The History of the British Army : Cyprus, from <A HREF = "http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/pages/cyprus.html"><B>National Army Museum</B></A> <BR> Article EOKA, from <A HREF = "http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/EOKA"><B>nationmaster</B></A> <BR> History of Lemesos, from <A HREF = "http://www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy/history/"><B>Limassol Municipality</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> DOCUMENTS </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Historical Population Statistics : Cyprus, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/cyprusc.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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