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Between 2 Oceans: A Military History of Singapore from 1275 to 1971 (2nd ed. Marshall Cavendish International Asia, 2011). Ong, Siang Song. One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore (Oxford University Press--Singapore, 1984) online. Perry, John Curtis. Singapore: Unlikely Power (Oxford University Press, 2017). Tan, Kenneth Paul (2007).
Event 1901: 1 January: Singapore-Kranji Railway officially opened to the public. [25] 5 November: Sir Frank Swettenham was appointed as the Governor of the Straits Settlements. 1904: 16 April: Sir John Anderson was appointed as the Governor of the Straits Settlements. 1905: 1 June: Singapore change its time zone to GMT+07:00 from the original ...
The history of the Republic of Singapore began when Singapore was expelled from Malaysia and became an independent republic on 9 August 1965. [1] After the separation, the fledgling nation had to become self-sufficient, however was faced with problems including mass unemployment, housing shortages and lack of land and natural resources such as petroleum.
2024 events in Singapore by month (1 C) C. Competitions in Singapore (1 C, 2 P) Concert tours of Singapore (230 P) D. ... Pages in category "Historical events in ...
Historical events in Singapore (38 C, 2 P) M. History museums in Singapore (2 C, 4 P) S. Historic sites in Singapore (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "History of Singapore"
The establishment of a British trading post in Singapore in 1819 by Sir Stamford Raffles led to its founding as a British colony in 1824. This event has generally been understood to mark the founding of colonial Singapore, [1] a break from its status as a port in ancient times during the Srivijaya and Majapahit eras, and later, as part of the Sultanate of Malacca and the Johor Sultanate.
← 1974 1973 1972 1975 in Singapore → 1976 1977 1978 Decades: 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s See also: Other events of 1975 Timeline of Singaporean history The following lists events that happened during 1975 in Singapore. Incumbents President: Benjamin Henry Sheares Prime Minister: Lee Kuan Yew Events January 1 January – The Singapore Maritime Museum is opened in Sentosa, albeit still ...
The City of Singapore existed between 1951 and 1965 in the Colony of Singapore, a British Crown colony and later in the State of Singapore within Malaysia, with the City Council as the governing authority. Before 1951, the City Council was known as the Municipal Commission. [1]