1398 King James I of Cyprus dies.
1570 Ottoman forces under Mustafa Pasha launch their final assault on Nicosia after a 45-day siege. The city falls following several hours of fierce fighting, after which Ottoman forces turn their attention to Famagusta.
1570 Nicolo Dandolo, the Venetian governor of Cyprus, is killed following the Ottoman capture of Nicosia.
1570 Florio Bustron is killed while defending Nicosia during the Ottoman assault.
1570 Military leader Petros Rondakis survives the fall of Nicosia and escapes to the mountains of Pentadaktylos.
1570 The first Ottoman flag is raised at what later becomes known as the Bayraktar Mosque following the capture of Nicosia.
1871 Sir Hamilton Lang is appointed British consul in Cyprus. One of the key issues he confronts is the illegal slave trade operating on the island.
1957 Theophilos Georgiadis, later President of the Kurdistan Solidarity Committee, is born.
1967 Leaders of the Greek military junta and the Turkish government meet near the Evros border in talks aimed at discussing possible solutions to the Cyprus issue.
1992 The University of Cyprus officially begins operations. President George Vassiliou declares the university open during a ceremony attended by academics from several countries.
2016 The Cyprus Railway Museum is officially inaugurated in Evrichou, housed in the former station of the Cyprus Government Railway.
