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10 May 1929

10 May 1929: Alfiros wrote to his mother about Limnitis.

10 May 1929: Alfiros wrote to his mother about Limnitis.“I have just returned from a quick walk down to Limnitis and back. It is a ramble of about a …

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20 May 1859

John Judson Barclay was the first American to serve in the consulate in Larnaca. In …
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20 May 1882

Lieutenant Colonel Donisthorpe Donne was kept busy during his duties with the Cyprus Military Police:
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21 May 1789

Johan David Akerblad, Swedish diplomat and orientalist, travelled to the east and made a short …
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22 May 1839

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease noted in his diary the functions of the Athienou …
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22 May 1839

The American missionary Lorenzo Warriner Pease on the origins of the people living north of …
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23 May 1930

23 May 1930: Rupert Gunnis was visiting Turkey on his way back to Cyprus. The …
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24 May 1596

Fynes Moryson, a fellow of Cambridge, published his itinerary to Europe and the East between …
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24 May 1882

Lt Colonel Donisthorpe Donne described in his diary the Queen’s birthday in Cyprus:
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24 May 1958

From the diaries of US Consul General Taylor Belcher and Edith Belcher:
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25 May 1683

The Dutch traveller Cornelis Van Bruyn reached Paphos:
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26 May 1489

George Boustronios describes how the Venetians steadily took over the island:
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26 May 1866

The Chronicler from Lysi writes about this month:
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