Historical place archive

Colombo in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Colombo in Sri Lanka. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records5 event labels6 people1954–2019

Historical events in Colombo

1954

Governor

Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke · Government of Sri Lanka

Appointed Governor General of Sri Lanka

1962

Governor

William Gopallawa · Government of Sri Lanka

Appointed Governor General of Sri Lanka

1983

State of Emergency

Junius Richard Jayawardene · Government of Sri Lanka

Decalres a state of emergency following Tamil-Sinhalese unrest

1993

1 May 1993

Death of Ranasinghe Premadasa

Ranasinghe Premadasa · United National Party

Death of Ranasinghe Premadasa

2019

21 April 2019

Easter Bombings

Ranil Wickremesinghe · Government of Sri Lanka

Faces the Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

18 November 2019

President of Sri Lanka

Gotabaya Rajapaksa · Government of Sri Lanka

Inaugurated as President of Sri Lanka.

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Sri Lanka and Colombo. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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