Events in Sri Lanka

194 notable events in Sri Lanka — massacres, wars and bombings. Page 2 of 2.

• 1997 Colombo World Trade Centre bombing
  Oct 15, 1997 · Terrorism
• Battle of Nelliady
  Jul 5, 1987 · War & armed conflict
• Sri Lanka and state terrorism
  date unknown · Terrorism
• October 1995 Eastern Sri Lanka massacres
  Oct 1, 1995 · Massacre
• Mirusuvil massacre
  Dec 20, 2000 · Massacre
• Fort railway station bombing
  Feb 3, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• Attack on Galle Harbour
  Oct 18, 2006 · War & armed conflict
• 1990 Batticaloa massacre
  Sep 9, 1990 · Massacre
• Assassination of Daya Pathirana
  Dec 15, 1986 · Murder & homicide
• 1978 Air Ceylon Avro HS 748 bombing
  Sep 7, 1978 · Aviation accident
• Akuressa suicide bombing
  Mar 10, 2009 · Terrorism
• 2017 Sri Lanka floods
  May 2017 · Natural disaster
• Battle of Janakapura
  Jul 25, 1993 · War & armed conflict
• 1976 anti-Muslim violence in Puttalam
  Feb 7, 1976 · Massacre
• Kokkilai massacre
  Dec 1, 1984 · Massacre
• Kallarawa massacre
  May 25, 1995 · Massacre
• SS Rooseboom
  date unknown · War & armed conflict
• Bindunuwewa massacre
  date unknown · Massacre
• Kurukkalmadam massacre
  Jul 13, 1990 · Massacre
• Air raid on Ceylon (9 April 1942)
  Apr 9, 1942 · War & armed conflict
• 28 April 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 shootdown
  Apr 28, 1995 · Aviation accident
• Polgahawela level crossing accident
  Apr 27, 2005 · Rail accident
• 1989 Kandy massacre
  Sep 14, 1989 · Massacre
• 2012 Welikada prison riot
  Nov 9, 2012 · Riot & unrest
• Madhu church shelling
  Nov 20, 1999 · War & armed conflict
• Colombo central bus station bombing
  Apr 21, 1987 · Bombing & explosion
• 29 April 1995 Sri Lanka Air Force Avro 748 shootdown
  Apr 29, 1995 · War & armed conflict
• 2018 Sri Lankan southwest monsoon floods
  from May 19, 2018 · Natural disaster
• 2008 Piliyandala bus bombing
  Apr 25, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• 2006 anti-Tamil riots in Trincomalee
  Apr 21, 2006 · Riot & unrest
• Kumarapuram massacre
  Feb 11, 1996 · Massacre
• Sivasubramaniam Raveendranath
  Dec 15, 2006 · Disappearance
• 1983 anti-Tamil pogrom in Trincomalee
  Jul 1, 1983 · Genocide & ethnic violence
• Nagarkovil school bombing
  Sep 22, 1995 · Bombing & explosion
• 1984 Mannar massacre
  Dec 4, 1984 · Massacre
• 1985 anti-Tamil violence in Karaitivu
  Apr 14, 1985 · Massacre
• Prawn farm massacre
  Jan 27, 1987 · Massacre
• Mahara prison riot
  Nov 29, 2020 · Riot & unrest
• Battle for the A-9 highway
  Mar 27, 2000–Apr 20, 2000 · War & armed conflict
• Mandaithivu sea massacre
  Jun 10, 1986 · Massacre
• 1985 Vavuniya massacre
  Aug 18, 1985 · Massacre
• 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre
  Jun 12, 1991 · Massacre
• Jaffna lagoon massacre
  Jan 2, 1993 · Massacre
• Kalmunai massacre
  Jun 20, 1990 · Massacre
• 2024 Sri Lanka floods
  Jun 1, 2024 · Natural disaster
• Polonnaruwa massacre
  Apr 29, 1992 · Massacre
• Gomarankadawala massacre
  Apr 23, 2006 · Massacre
• Pottuvil massacre
  Sep 17, 2006 · Massacre
• Massacre at Thandikulam
  date unknown · Massacre
• Mawanella riots
  Apr 30, 2001 · Riot & unrest
• 1966 alleged Ceylonese coup attempt
  Feb 18, 1966 · War & armed conflict
• Madhu school bus bombing
  Jan 29, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• Vaharai bombing
  Nov 7, 2006 · Bombing & explosion
• 1996 attack on Colombo Harbour
  Apr 12, 1996 · War & armed conflict
• 2011 Alawwa rail accident
  Sep 17, 2011 · Rail accident
• Chunnakam Police station massacre
  Jan 8, 1984 · Massacre
• Kurunegala train crash
  Aug 19, 2001 · Rail accident
• 2006 Trincomalee massacre of students
  Jan 2, 2006 · Massacre
• 2000 SLAF Mi-17 crash
  Sep 16, 2000 · Aviation accident
• 2008 Dehiwala train bombing
  May 26, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• 2024 Fox Hill Supercross race crash
  Apr 21, 2024 · Death & funeral
• 2008 Moratuwa bus bombing
  Jun 6, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• Havelock Road bombing
  Mar 2, 1991 · Bombing & explosion
• Chunnakam market massacre
  Mar 28, 1984 · Massacre
• Suicide bomb attack on Devananda's Ministry
  Nov 28, 2007 · Terrorism
• Disappearance of Subramaniam Ramachandran
  date unknown · Disappearance
• 2007 attack on Colombo Harbour
  Jan 27, 2007 · War & armed conflict
• JOC bombing
  Jun 21, 1991 · Bombing & explosion
• 2006 murder of TRO workers in Sri Lanka
  2006 · Murder & homicide
• Akkaraipattu massacre
  Feb 19, 1986 · Massacre
• 1984 Point Pedro massacre
  Sep 16, 1984 · Massacre
• 2017 Sri Lankan fuel crisis
  date unknown · Crisis
• An-12 crash in Negombo
  Mar 24, 2000 · Aviation accident
• 1999 Puthukkudiyiruppu bombing
  Sep 15, 1999 · Bombing & explosion
• 1985 Muttur massacre
  Nov 11, 1985 · Massacre
• 2008 Sri Lanka roadside bombings
  Jan 16, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• Padahuthurai bombing
  Jan 2, 2007 · Bombing & explosion
• Ponnampalam Memorial hospital bombing
  Feb 6, 2009 · Bombing & explosion
• 2007 Sri Lankan bus bombs
  Jan 1, 2007 · Bombing & explosion
• Vadakkandal massacre
  Jan 30, 1985 · Massacre
• 2020 Maligawatta stampede
  May 21, 2020 · Stampede & crowd crush
• St. Philip Neri Church shelling
  Aug 13, 2006 · War & armed conflict
• Cheddikulam massacre
  Dec 2, 1984 · Massacre
• Mylanthanai massacre
  Aug 9, 1992 · Massacre
• Disappearance of Vadivel Nimalarajah
  date unknown · Disappearance
• 2005 Inuvil shooting and protests
  Aug 4, 2005 · Shooting
• Thampalakamam massacre
  date unknown · Massacre
• 1985 Kantalai massacre
  Nov 9, 1985 · Massacre
• Vanni Van bombing
  May 23, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• 2008 Sri Lanka Vavuniya bombing
  Jun 16, 2008 · Bombing & explosion
• Mahagodayaya massacre
  date unknown · Massacre
• Mahawilachchiya massacre
  date unknown · Massacre
• 2007 murder of Red Cross workers in Sri Lanka
  Jun 1, 2007 · Murder & homicide
• 2016 Sri Lankan floods
  from May 14, 2016 · Natural disaster