city Colombo: All Data

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Colombo: Chronology of Mentions

Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.

1587 AD
Mentioned in Event: Growth of the Sitawaka kingdom
1587 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Colombo, part of Growth of the Sitawaka kingdom
1588 AD
Mentioned in Event: Growth of the Sitawaka kingdom
1600 AD
Capital of Portuguese Ceylon
1657 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operations in the Pacific and Indian Oceans
1796 AD
Capital of British Ceylon
1948 AD
Capital of Ceylon
1972 AD
Capital of Free, Sovereign and Independent Republic of Sri Lanka
1978 AD
Capital of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Western Province, part of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka