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01 Jun 1191

1 June 1191: Benedict of Peterborough, Abbot of Peterborough from 1177 until his death in 1193, recorded the arrival of King Richard to Cyprus:

All things having been ordered for the security of the king's Empire, and garrisons placed in the towns and castles, the king put in charge of Cyprus Richard of Camville …

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01 Jun 1766

According to Archimandrite Kyprianos, in February 1766 the bishops heard that the rebel Khalil was …
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01 Jun 1788

The Orientalist and diplomat Johan David Akerbald was the first Swede to show real antiquarian …
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01 Jun 1839

Lorenzo Warriner Pease, an American missionary, was travelling around the island
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01 Jun 1955

Artemis Cooper, in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s biography, describes the atmosphere in Cyprus in May 1955 …
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01 Jun 1958

From the diary of US Consul General Taylor Belcher, regarding the escalating intercommunal troubles
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02 Jun 1509

Terence Mullaly describing the advance of Maximilian’s troops on Asolo and the message Caterina Cornaro …
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03 Jun 1801

The English traveller Edward Daniel Clarke visited Cyprus in 1801
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03 Jun 1927

3 June 1927: Rupert Gunnis was participating in a grand garden party at Government House:
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04 Jun 1838

American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease was in Larnaca on this feast day
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05 Jun 1489

Caterina Cornaro abdicates
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05 Jun 1839

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease examined the ruins of Paphos
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05 Jun 1929

Swedish archaeologist Alfred Westholm suffered from another epidemic in Cyprus
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