1 June 1766
According to Archimandrite Kyprianos, in February 1766 the bishops heard that the rebel Khalil was besieging Nicosia:
Suleiman arrived in Nicosia from Kyrenia. There, after conferring with Ibrahim Bey and the natives, he...
1 June 1839
Lorenzo Warriner Pease, an American missionary, was travelling around the island:
Started 8.25 in 1 05/60 hour, we were opposite Mr Pelendrites chiftlick and in 45 minutes more we arrived at Colossi, where we examined the tower. ...
1 June 1955
Artemis Cooper, in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s biography, describes the atmosphere in Cyprus in May 1955 that led him to write a frustrated letter to her mother, Diana Cooper:
The following month (May 1955) Paddy went to Cyprus where...
1 June 1958
From the diary of US Consul General Taylor Belcher, regarding the escalating intercommunal troubles:
We set off for George Paraskevaides’ and picnic at his Kyrenia cottage. Interesting comment by George Chryssafinis. ...
1-6 June 1788
The Orientalist and diplomat Johan David Åkerbald was the first Swede to show real antiquarian interest in Cyprus. In his journal he mentions the places he visited:
June 1st, half past three Paphos, seven o’clock Potami ...
2-13 June 1509
Terence Mullaly describing the advance of Maximilian’s troops on Asolo and the message Caterina Cornaro gave to the people of Asolo:
By February 1509 Maximilian’s troops were advancing on Asolo...
3 June 1801
The English traveller Edward Daniel Clarke visited Cyprus in 1801:
About 6 o’clock in the evening of June the third, we made land, north-east and by east. It fell to my lot to give the first intelligence of its appearance, being aloft, upon the look-out...
4 June 1838
American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease was in Larnaca on this feast day:
The Kataklysmos feast took place today, but as there is danger of the plague, the chief men requested the Archimandrite...
5 June 1489
Caterina Cornaro abdicates:
The climax was reached when the procession came to the basilica of St mark. Caterina was met by the Patriarch and many priests.There was a long and solemn address, then a Te Deum was sung,...
5 June 1839
The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease examined the ruins of Paphos:
Yesterday we spent the day chiefly in examining the ruins of Paphos, guided by Mr. Smith of Ieros kipos. As I have previously described my observations...
5 June 1929
Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm suffered from another epidemic in Cyprus:
As usual we sat on the beach smoking our lunchtime pipes.Suddenly my body was assaulted by an all too familiar tremor...
6 June 1489
Terence Mullaly describes Caterina Cornaro’s homecoming to Venice:
The voyage from Cyprus had taken almost three months. Nothing can have been more delightful than the first sight of the Lido, which her galley reached on...