Kýpros (Cyprus)
Part of Hittite Empire
708 BC Part of Assyria
545 BC Part of Persian Empire
330 BC Part of Macedon
58 BC Part of Roman Empire
07 Jan 395 Part of Byzantine Empire
1192 - 14 May 1489 Royaume de Chypre (Kingdom of Cyprus) a crusader kingdom
29 Oct 1298 In Personal Union with the titular Kingdom of Jerusalem
29 Nov 1393 InPersonal Union with titular Kingdom of Armenia
14 Mar 1489 Sold to Venice by the last Lusignan monarch
15 Aug 1573 Part of the Ottoman Empire
12 Jul 1878 British rule (under Ottoman suzerainty)
05 Nov 1914 Annexed by Britain
10 Mar 1925 British Crown Colony
16 Aug 1960 Independence, Republic of Cyprus
15 Jul 1974 - Northern Cyprus occupied by Turkey
15 Nov 1983 - Turkish Republic of Cyprus proclaimed (not recognised)
01 May 2004 Accession to the EU
Kingdom of Cyprus
Government: Kingdom.
Capital: Nicosia.
Language: French (court language), Greek.
Religion: Roman Catholic (official). Greek Orthodoxy.
Nathional Emblem: Red Lion.
Currency: Cyprus bezant.
Note: Names given in Greek with French in parentheses.
Byzantine Governors
965 Vakram
965 Niketas Chalkoutzes
1042 Theophilos Erotikos
1093 - 1100 Evmathios Philokales
1100 - 1104 Konstantinos Evphorbenos Katakalon
1155 - 1176 Ioannis Doukas Komnenos
Monarchs of Cyprus (from 1298 also Jerusalem and 1393 Armenia)
1184 - 1191 Kommenos, Isaakios ................................. 1155-1196
(Byzantine ruler, deposed by Richard II of England)
1192 - 18 Jul 1194 d'Lusignan, Gky (Guy) .............................. 1150-1194
18 Jul 1194 - 01 Apr 1205 d'Lusignan, Amorí I (Aimery I) ..................... 1145-1205
01 Apr 1205 - 10 Jan 1218 d'Lusignan, Oúgos I (Hughes I) ..................... 1194-1218
10 Jan 1218 - 18 Jan 1253 d'Lusignan, Erríkos I (Henri I) .................... 1217-1253
18 Jan 1253 - 08 Dec 1267 d'Lusignan, Oúgos II (Hughes II) ................... 1252-1267
08 Dec 1267 - 24 Mar 1284 d'Lusignan, Oúgos III (Hughes III) ................. 1235-1284
24 Mar 1284 - 20 May 1285 d'Lusignan, Ioánnis I (Jean I) ..................... 1259-1285
20 May 1285 - 26 Apr 1306 d'Lusignan, Erríkos II (Henri II) .................. 1270-1324
(1st Time)
26 Apr 1306 - 05 Jun 1310 d'Lusignan, Amorí II (Aimery II) ................... 1272-1310
(Regent of Cyprus, Prince of Tyre)
05 Jun 1310 - 31 Aug 1324 d'Lusignan, Erríkos II (2nd Time)
31 Aug 1324 - 10 Oct 1359 d'Lusignan, Oúgos IV (Hughes IV) ................... 1293-1359
10 Oct 1359 - 17 Jan 1369 d'Lusignan, Pétros I (Pierre I) .................... 1328-1369
10 Oct 1369 - 13 Oct 1382 d'Lusignan, Pétros II (Pierre II) .................. 1354-1382
13 Oct 1382 - 09 Sep 1398 d'Lusignan, Iákovos I (Jacques I) .................. 1334-1398
09 Sep 1398 - 29 Jun 1432 d'Lusignan, Iánós (Janus) .......................... 1375-1432
29 Jun 1432 - 28 Jul 1458 d'Lusignan, Ioánnis II (Jean II) ................... 1418-1458
28 Jul 1458 - 1464 d'Lusignan, Karlóta (Charlotte) .................... 1444-1487
(left Cyprus 1463, deposed 1464)
07 Oct 1459 - 1464 Luigi di Savoia, conte di Ginevra .................. 1436-1482
(co-Monarch)
1464 - 10 Jul 1473 d'Lusignan, Iákovos II (Jacques II) ................ 1438-1473
06 Jul 1473 - 26 Aug 1474 Donna Catarina Cornaro ............................. 1454-1510
(regent)
10 Jul 1473 - 26 Aug 1474 d'Lusignan, Iákovos III (Jacques III) .............. 1473-1474
26 Aug 1474 - 14 May 1489 Cornaro, Aikaterína II (Catarina) .................. s.a
Republic of Cyprus
Government: Republic.
Capital: Nicosia.
Language: Greek, Turkish, Armenian, English, Arabic.
Religion: Orthodox, Islam, Greek Catholic.
National Anthem: "Ymnos eís tín Eleftherían" (Ode to Freedom).
National Day: 16 August, independence day (1960).
National Motto: Den Xechnó kai agonízomai (I do not forget and I strive).
EU Accession: May 1st 2004.
Currency Euro (Cypriot Lira 1960-2007).
Presidents
16 Aug 1960 - 03 Aug 1977 Makários III Mihaíl Christódoulou Moúskos .......... 1913-1977
(deposed 15 Jul - 23 Jul 1974)
15 Jul - 23 Jul 1974 Nikólaos Griorgíades Sampsón ....................... 1935-2001 EOKA
(de facto)
03 Aug 1977 - 28 Feb 1988 Spýros Achilléos Kypíanoú .......................... 1932-2002 DIKO
28 Feb 1988 - 28 Feb 1993 Geórgios Vasou Vasilíou ............................ 1931-
28 Feb 1993 - 28 Feb 2003 Glavkos Ioánnou Klirídis ........................... 1919-2003 DISY
28 Feb 2003 - 28 Feb 2008 Efstathios Nikólaou Papadópoulos ................... 1934-2008 DIKO
28 Feb 2008 - 28 Feb 2013 Dimítris Chrístofi Christófias ..................... 1946-2019 AKEL
28 Feb 2013 - 28 Feb 2023 Níkos Chrysanthou Anastasiádis ..................... 1946- DISY
28 Feb 2023 - Níkos Christodoulídis .............................. 1973-
AKEL=Anorthotiko Komma Ergazomenou Laou (Progressive Party of the Working People, Communist)
DIKO=Dimokratikon Komma (Democratic Party, Centerist)
DISY=Dimokratikos Synagermos (Democratic Coalition, Conservative)
EOKA=Ethniki Organosis Kiprios Agonistan, National Organization of Cyprot Fighters, Nationalist)
KOP=Kinima Oikologio Perivallontisto (Ecological and Enrivonmental Movement, Environmenalist)