1494 Italian clergyman Pietro Casola visits Cyprus during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
1905 Birth of Giorgos Lernis, philologist and educator.
1967 Ownership of the newspaper Haravgi is transferred to the publishing company Tilegrafos Ltd.
1968 Alexandros Panagoulis arrives in Cyprus seeking support for his organisation.
1995 The Western European Union decides to begin dialogue with the Republic of Cyprus, linked to its EU accession course.
2004 Cyprus finishes 5th at the Eurovision Song Contest in Istanbul, represented by Lisa Andreas with the song Stronger Every Minute.
2019 Death of Mihalakis Zampelas, former Mayor of Nicosia.
2024 The Apollon cinema in Limassol is completely destroyed by fire.
2024 Death of director Andreas Konstantinidis.
15 May is observed as the International Day of Families, established by the United Nations in 1993.
