Important years in Kerala History

3000 BC	Trade relation with Sindu Valley
2000 BC	Trading of spices with Assyria and Babylonia
1000 BC	Ivory, monkeys and peacocks were shipped to Israel for King Solomon
700 BC	Dravidians reach south India from the Mediterranean region
330 BC	Megasthenes's reference of Kerala
300 BC	Aryans enter Kerala from north India
45 AD	Hippalus reaches Kerala, direct trade with Rome
52 AD	St. Thomas reaches Kerala
68 AD	Jews reach Kerala
525 AD	Cosmos Indicopleustes reaches Malabar coast
630 AD	Huan Tsang visits South India including Kerala
644 AD	MalikBen Dinar propagate Islam
715 - '68 AD	Rule of Cheraman Perumal
800 - 1100 AD	Rule of Kulashekhara Kings
825 AD	Beginning of the Kolla Varsham(Quilon year calendar) (July 25)
880 AD	Retrieval of Pandyas
1000 AD	Attack by Raja Raja Chola
1070 AD	Freedom from Cholas
1292 AD	Arrival of Marco Polo
1342 - '47 AD	Ibn Batuta at Kozhikode
1466 - '71 AD	Pathinettara Kavikal
1498 AD	Vasco da Gama reaches Kappad near Kozhikode (May 17)
1524 AD	Vasco da Gama appointed as Viceroy of Kerala
1567 AD	Establishment of Jewish Synagogue
1592 AD	Establishment of Dutch East India Company
1701 - '21 AD	Rule of Rama Varma
1725 AD	French establishes base at Mayyazhi (Mahe)
1758 AD	Death of Marthanda Varma
1773 AD	Hyder Ali defeats Samuthiri (Zamorins) at Kochi
1788 AD	Tipu Sultan attacks Kozhikode
1797 AD	First Pazhassi Viplavam(Pazhassi Revolution)
1807 AD	London Mission in Kerala
1809 AD	Kundara Vilambaram(Kundara Proclamation)
1821 AD	CMS Press at Kottayam
1834 AD	First census in Travancore
1888 AD	Establishment of Malayala Manorama
1921 AD	Malabar Mutiny
1922 AD	First Trade Union (Travancore Labour Association) formed at Alapuzha
1924 AD	Vaikom Satyagraha
1928 AD	Death of Sree Narayana Guru
1936 AD	Kshetra Praveshana Vilambaram
1943 AD	Radio Station at Trivandrum
1948 AD	First public election in Travancore
1956 Nov. 1	Formation of Kerala State