ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Kandy </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </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> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xkandy.html"> <img src = "../banners/bankandy.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 August 8th 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-5834279270464755"; 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"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; 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 : Kandy (Udarata) </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"> 1476 <BR> 1476-1581 <BR> 1522 <BR><BR> 1545 <BR> 1546 <BR> 1560 <BR> 1574 <BR> 1580 <BR> 1581 <BR> 1588 <BR> 1591 <BR> 1592 <BR> 1594 <BR><BR> 1598 <BR> 1602 <BR> 1603-1634 <BR> 1615 <BR> 1617 <BR> 1628 <BR> 1630 <BR> 1634-1686 <BR> 1638 <BR> 1638-1656 <BR> 1650 <BR><BR> 1656 <BR> 1658 <BR><BR> 1660 <BR><BR> 1665 <BR> 1670 <BR> 1671-1672 <BR><BR> 1675 <BR> 1687-1707 <BR> 1687 <BR><BR> 1690 <BR> 1707-1737 <BR> 1730 <BR> 1732 <BR><BR> 1739 <BR> 1739-1747 <BR> 1742 <BR><BR> 1747 <BR><BR> 1747-1781 <BR> 1761-1766 <BR> 1765-1766 <BR> 1781-1798 <BR> 1781-1784 <BR> 1798-1815 <BR> 1803 <BR> 1815-1818 <BR> 1817-1818 <BR> 1818 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> City of Senkadagala founded (in English named Kandy, after Kanda = hill) <BR> Kandy capital under a succession of kings <BR> King of Kandy asked for Portuguese assistance against Mayadunne. Portuguese <BR> soldiers stationed in Kandy; Catholic priests in Kandy <BR> Kandy at war with Kotte and Sitawaka; Portuguese aid for Kandy too late <BR> Allied Kotte and Portuguese invaded Kandy <BR> Kandy sent a force to aid Jaffna against Portuguese attack <BR> Kotte attacked Kandy <BR> Kotte took Kandy; royal family fled <BR> Capital moved to Sitawaka <BR> Rebellion in Kandy region <BR> Kandy reconstructed as a military fortress <BR> Temporary Portuguese occupation of Kandy. <BR> Only two forces on Sri Lanka left - Portuguese, Kandy . Portuguese attempt to enthrone <BR> Catholic convert as Queen of Kandy failed. <BR> Portuguese sacked Kandy. <BR> First V.O.C. envoy visited Kandy <BR> Rule of King Senarat. <BR> Portuguese attempted to conquer Kandyan ports (Trincomalee, Batticaloa etc.) <BR> Portuguese-Kandyan treaty; Kandy recognized Portuguese control of the coast <BR> Treaty broken by the Portuguese; resumption of war <BR> Sinhalese (Kandyan) victory over Portuguese <BR> Rule of King Rajasingha II. <BR> Portuguese invasion of Kandy repelled <BR> King, in Alliance with the V.O.C., fought the Portuguese <BR> Danes and British began to trade with Kandy through Trincomalee, to the annoyance <BR> of the V.O.C. <BR> V.O.C. ousted Portuguese from Colombo; held on to fortification <BR> V.O.C. took Jaffna from Portuguese; presented exaggerated bill to Kandy. Begin of <BR> V.O.C. war with Kandy <BR> The V.O.C. expelled the Moors (Muslims), whom it regarded competitors, from the <BR> V.O.C. controlld areas of Ceylon; they resettled in the Kingdom of Kandy. <BR> King Rajasingha II., facing a rebellion, requested military aid from the V.O.C. <BR> Kandy supported rebels in V.O.C.-controlled Ceylon (rebellion since 1668) <BR> The French attempted to establish a trading factory in Trincomalee; they were <BR> expelled by the V.O.C. <BR> V.O.C. supressed the rebellion of 1668 <BR> Rule of King Vimala Dharmasurya II. <BR> At the request of the King of Kandy, V.O.C. vessels transpot Burmese Buddhist monks <BR> to Kandy <BR> Arrival of Portuguese Catholic missionary, Father Joseph Vaz <BR> Rule of King Viraparakkama Narendrasimha <BR> Begin of the export of coffee from Kingdom of Kandy <BR> Pressed to expand cinnamon cultivation, peasants in V.O.C. administrated Ceylon <BR> revolted, supported by Kandy <BR> Begin of Nayakkar Dynasty; Buddhist converts from S. India <BR> Rule of King Sri Vijaya Rajasimha <BR> V.O.C. vessels, at the request of King of Kandy, bring in Buddhist missionaries from <BR> Siam <BR> The ban on religions other than Calvinist christianity in V.O.C. territory (since 1743) <BR> caused anti-Christian sentiment in Kandy <BR> Rule of King Kirtisri Rajasimha <BR> Sinhala rebellion against V.O.C. rule, which turns into V.O.C.-Kandy War <BR> Temporary V.O.C. Occupation; V.O.C. annexed eastern coastal region <BR> Rule of King Rajadhirajasimha <BR> Fourth Anglo-Dutch War; British held Trincomalee 1782; then the French 1782-1784 <BR> Rule of King Sri Vikrama Rajasimha <BR> Kandy rebelled British invasion <BR> British Occupation of Kandy <BR> Rebellion against British Occupation <BR> Annexed into Crown Colony of Ceylon <BR> </font></TD> </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"> Timeline Sri Lanka, from <A HREF = "http://www.tikalanka.com/HTML/about_decisivedates.asp"><B>Tikalanka</B></A> <BR> A Short History of Lanka, by Humphry William Codrington (1926), posted by <A HREF = "http://lakdiva.net/codrington/"><B>Rhajiv Ratnatunga</B></A> (xcovers period until 1833)<BR> Wars of Sri Lanka, from <A HREF = "http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/sat/srilanka/index.htm"><B>ACED</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.colonialvoyage.com"><B>Dutch Portuguese Colonial History</B></A>, by Marco Ramerini, scroll down for Ceylon <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.defonseka.com/"><B>De Fonseka Family Website</B></A>, on the history of Ceylon / Sri Lanka <BR> News from Sri Lanka, from <A HREF = "http://www.spur.asn.au/Default.htm"><B>SPUR</B></A>, a lot political-historical (pro-Sinhalese) <BR> Kandyan Era, from <A HREF = "http://www.srilankareference.org/srilankahistory/kandy.htm"><B>Sri Lanka Reference</B></A> <BR> Kandy, from <A HREF = "http://www.mysrilanka.com/travel/history/kandy.htm"><B>My Sri Lanka</B></A> <BR> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.kandycity.org/history.html"><B>Kandy City</B></A> <BR> Article Kandy, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Sacred Tooth Relic in Senkadagala, from <A HREF = "http://www.sridaladamaligawa.lk/english/tooth_relic_in3.html"><B>Sridaladamaligawa</B></A> <BR> World Statesmen : <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Sri_Lanka.html"><B>Sri Lanka</B></A>; scroll down for Udarata (Kandy) <BR> Historical Population Statistics : Sri Lanka, from <A HREF = "http://www.library.uu.nl/wesp/populstat/Asia/srilankg.htm"><B>Population Statistics</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><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"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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