Chronology of Key Events The history of Cyprus dates to the 9th millennium B.C. 2nd and 1st Mycenean and Achean Greeks settle in Cyprus millennium B.C. bringing Greek civilisation to the island. 30 B.C.–330 A.D. Cyprus a province of the Roman Empire. 330–1191 Cyprus a province of the Byzantine Empire. 1191–1571 Cyprus under the rule of the Crusaders, the Order of the Knights Templar, the French Lusignans (1192–1489), and the Venetians (1489–1571). 1571–1878 Cyprus under Ottoman rule. 1878 Cyprus leased by the Ottoman Empire to Britain. 1914 Cyprus annexed by Britain following Turkey’s alignment with Germany in WWI. 1923 Under the Treaty of Lausanne Turkey relinquishes all rights to Cyprus. 1925 Cyprus declared a British crown colony. 1931 First Greek Cypriot uprising against British rule. 1950 Makarios III elected Archbishop of Cyprus. 1954 Greece brings the issue of self-determination for Cyprus to the UN General Assembly. 1955–1959 Greek Cypriot armed anti-colonial struggle. 1959 Cyprus granted independence under agreements negotiated in Zurich and London by Greece, Turkey and Great Britain. 1960 - 16 August Proclamation of the Republic of Cyprus. The Cyprus Question| A brief Introduction 50
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