{"slug": "ceylon", "label": "Ceylon", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceylon", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 15, "years": 13, "span": [-542, 1971], "span_label": ["543 BCE", "1971 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "colombo", "label": "Colombo", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chinese-buddhism", "label": "Chinese Buddhism", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "faxian", "label": "Faxian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "royal-navy", "label": "Royal Navy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sri-lanka", "label": "Sri Lanka", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "french-revolutionary-wars", "label": "French Revolutionary Wars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "batavian-republic", "label": "Batavian Republic", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -542, "year_label": "543 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "North Indian Prince Vijaya invades Ceylon and establishes a Sinhalese dynasty after he was banished from his father's kingdom", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129131#Events", "title": "543 BC", "revid": 1350129131, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 276, "year_label": "276 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Mahasena reigns in Ceylon. Orthodox and unpopular, he tries to introduce Mahayana Buddhism to the country.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267074469#Asia", "title": "276", "revid": 1267074469, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 412, "year_label": "412 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Fa-Hien, Chinese Buddhist monk, spends 2 years in Ceylon and is more than 200 days at sea as storms drive his ship off its course, but returns with sacred Buddhist texts back to China (see 414).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346865702#Religion", "title": "412", "revid": 1346865702, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1596, "year_label": "1596 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 14", "text": "July 14 – King Dominicus Corea (Edirille Bandara) is beheaded by the Portuguese in Colombo, Ceylon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369722581#July–September", "title": "1596", "revid": 1369722581, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – The Kandyan Treaty is signed between Singhala King Rajasimha II and the Dutch, to rid Ceylon of the Portuguese.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#April–June", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Portuguese traders are expelled from Ceylon by Dutch invaders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#Date_unknown", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1673, "year_label": "1673 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "France begins its expedition against Ceylon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365992268#Date_unknown", "title": "1673", "revid": 1365992268, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – English sea captain Robert Knox of the East India Company publishes his book An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, about his adventures, 20-years imprisonment and escape from Ceylon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#July–September", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Invasion of Ceylon (1795) ends when Johan van Angelbeek, the Batavian governor of Ceylon, surrenders Colombo peacefully to British forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#January–March", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1796, "year_label": "1796 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – The Kingdom of Great Britain is granted control of Ceylon by the Dutch.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368676893#January–March", "title": "1796", "revid": 1368676893, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1881, "year_label": "1881 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The Pali Text Society is founded by British scholar Thomas William Rhys Davids, for the study of Pali (Ceylonese) texts.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369747876#Date_unknown", "title": "1881", "revid": 1369747876, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "July 21", "text": "July 21 – Edward Harper, the \"father of broadcasting\" in Ceylon, arrives in Colombo to take up his post as Chief Engineer of the Ceylon Telegraph Department.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#July", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – WWII: Easter Sunday Raid – Aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy attack Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Royal Navy cruisers and are sunk southwest of the island.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#April", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 5", "text": "April 5 – In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the People's Liberation Front begins a rebellion against the Bandaranaike government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#April", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – The government of Ceylon begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#May", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › May"}}]}