Events in Sri Lanka

194 notable events in Sri Lanka. Page 1 of 2.

• Mullivaikkal massacre
  Jan 1, 2009 · Sri Lanka
• Tamil genocide
  1956–2009 · Sri Lanka
• Sinking of IRIS Dena
  Mar 4, 2026 · Sri Lanka
• 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  Apr 21, 2019 · Sri Lanka
• IRIS Dena
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• Sexual violence against Tamils in Sri Lanka
  Jan 1, 1958 · Sri Lanka
• Black July
  Jul 24, 1983–Jul 30, 1983 · Sri Lanka
• HMS Hermes (95)
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• 2004 Sri Lanka tsunami train wreck
  Dec 26, 2004 · Sri Lanka
• Burning of the Jaffna Public Library
  Jun 1, 1981 · Sri Lanka
• Murder of S. Vithiya
  May 13, 2015 · Sri Lanka
• Sri Lankan economic crisis (2019–2024)
  from Apr 21, 2019 · Sri Lanka
• Aragalaya
  Mar 15, 2022–Nov 14, 2022 · Sri Lanka
• 1987–1989 JVP insurrection
  1987–1989 · Sri Lanka
• 1958 anti-Tamil pogrom
  Jun 1958 · Sri Lanka
• War crimes during the final stages of the Sri Lankan civil war
  Jan 1, 2009 · Sri Lanka
• 1974 Tamil conference incident
  Jan 10, 1974 · Sri Lanka
• Martinair Flight 138
  Dec 4, 1974 · Sri Lanka
• Colombo Central Bank bombing
  Jan 31, 1996 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of Ranasinghe Premadasa
  May 1, 1993 · Sri Lanka
• Air Lanka Flight 512
  May 3, 1986 · Sri Lanka
• 1971 JVP insurrection
  Apr 5, 1971–Jun 1971 · Sri Lanka
• HMAS Vampire (D68)
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• Loftleiðir Flight 001
  Nov 15, 1978 · Sri Lanka
• Bandaranaike Airport attack
  Jul 24, 2001 · Sri Lanka
• 1990 massacre of Sri Lankan Police officers
  Jun 11, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• Anuradhapura massacre
  May 14, 1985 · Sri Lanka
• Gonagala massacre
  Sep 18, 1999 · Sri Lanka
• Battle of Mullaitivu (1996)
  Jul 18, 1996–Jul 25, 1996 · Sri Lanka
• Kattankudy mosque massacre
  Aug 3, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• Second Battle of Elephant Pass
  Apr 23, 2000 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
  Sep 25, 1959 · Sri Lanka
• Murder of Yvonne Jonsson
  Jul 1, 2005 · Sri Lanka
• Chemmani mass graves
  Jan 1, 1995 · Sri Lanka
• 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom
  Aug 28, 1977 · Sri Lanka
• Lionair Flight 602
  Sep 29, 1998 · Sri Lanka
• Murder of Seya Sadewmi
  Sep 12, 2015 · Sri Lanka
• Eastern University massacre
  Sep 5, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• 1956 anti-Tamil pogrom
  Jun 11, 1956 · Sri Lanka
• Aranthalawa massacre
  Jun 2, 1987 · Sri Lanka
• 1998 Temple of the Tooth attack
  Jan 25, 1998 · Sri Lanka
• Kent and Dollar Farm massacres
  Nov 30, 1984 · Sri Lanka
• 1981 anti-Tamil pogrom
  Aug 1, 1981 · Sri Lanka
• Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942)
  Apr 5, 1942–Apr 9, 1942 · Sri Lanka
• 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis
  from Apr 3, 2022 · Sri Lanka
• Jaffna hospital massacre
  1987 · Sri Lanka
• Kumudini boat massacre
  May 15, 1985 · Sri Lanka
• Expulsion of Muslims from the Northern Province of Sri Lanka
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• Palliyagodella massacre
  Oct 15, 1992 · Sri Lanka
• Prageeth Eknaligoda
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• Four Four Bravo ambush
  Jul 23, 1983 · Sri Lanka
• Great Rebellion of 1817–1818
  1817–1818 · Sri Lanka
• Kebithigollewa massacre
  Jun 15, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• Allaipiddy massacre
  May 13, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• Raid on Anuradhapura Air Force Base
  Oct 22, 2007 · Sri Lanka
• Welikada prison massacre
  Jul 25, 1983 · Sri Lanka
• 2018 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
  Mar 10, 2018 · Sri Lanka
• Thirunelveli massacre
  Jul 24, 1983 · Sri Lanka
• 1985 Valvettiturai massacre
  May 12, 1985 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga
  Feb 16, 1988 · Sri Lanka
• 2009 suicide air raid on Colombo
  Feb 20, 2009 · Sri Lanka
• Sainthamaruthu shootout
  Apr 26, 2019 · Sri Lanka
• Chencholai bombing
  Aug 14, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of Lalith Athulathmudali
  Apr 23, 1993 · Sri Lanka
• 1915 Sinhalese-Muslim riots
  May 28, 1915–Aug 30, 1915 · Sri Lanka
• 2014 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
  Jun 15, 2014–Jun 17, 2014 · Sri Lanka
• Murunkan massacre
  Apr 7, 1978 · Sri Lanka
• Attempted assassination of Chandrika Kumaratunga
  Dec 18, 1999 · Sri Lanka
• Veeramunai massacres
  Aug 15, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• 2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka
  May 16, 2019 · Sri Lanka
• Matale rebellion
  1848 · Sri Lanka
• Murders of Russel Ingram and Eunice Peiris
  Aug 10, 1978 · Sri Lanka
• 2008 Weliveriya bombing
  Apr 6, 2008 · Sri Lanka
• Navaly church bombing
  Jul 9, 1995 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge
  Jan 8, 2009 · Sri Lanka
• Murder of K. Tharshan
  Jan 25, 2016 · Sri Lanka
• 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis
  from Oct 26, 2018 · Sri Lanka
• 1962 Ceylonese coup attempt
  Jan 27, 1962 · Sri Lanka
• Eugene John Hebert
  Aug 15, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• Role of the Sri Lankan Home Guards in the Sri Lankan Civil War
  Jan 1, 1984 · Sri Lanka
• Eravur massacre
  Aug 12, 1990 · Sri Lanka
• 1984 Manal Aru massacres
  Dec 1984 · Sri Lanka
• 1987 Eastern Province massacres
  1987 · Sri Lanka
• Assassination of Gamini Dissanayake
  Oct 24, 1994 · Sri Lanka
• SLNS Ranaviru
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• 1989 Temple of the Tooth attack
  Feb 8, 1989 · Sri Lanka
• Conquest of Koneswaram Temple
  Apr 14, 1622 · Sri Lanka
• Aluth Oya massacre
  Apr 17, 1987 · Sri Lanka
• Kantale Dam
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• 1989 Valvettiturai massacre
  Aug 3, 1989 · Sri Lanka
• 1996 Dehiwala train bombing
  Jul 24, 1996 · Sri Lanka
• MV Farah III
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• Kanthan Karunai massacre
  Mar 30, 1987 · Sri Lanka
• 2006 Digampathaha bombing
  Oct 16, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• Disappearance of Father Francis
  date unknown · Sri Lanka
• 2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers
  Aug 4, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• Vankalai massacre
  Jun 8, 2006 · Sri Lanka
• 1985 Trincomalee massacres
  Sep 1, 1985 · Sri Lanka
• 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament
  Aug 18, 1987 · Sri Lanka
• Mullivaikkal Hospital bombings
  May 12, 2009 · Sri Lanka