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Statue of Stamford Raffles, the first British governor of Singapore. This is a timeline of Singaporean history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Singapore and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Singapore. See also the list of years in Singapore
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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).
In its early history, Singapore was a maritime emporium known as Temasek and subsequently a major constituent part of several successive thalassocratic empires. Its contemporary era began in 1819, when Stamford Raffles established Singapore as an entrepôt trading post of the British Empire.
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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; ... This is a list of years in Singapore. See also Timeline of Singaporean history. 19th century. 1800s
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.
1915 Singapore Mutiny: February 15, 1915 Singapore 36 British Indian Army's 5th Light Infantry: Sook Ching massacre: February 18 – March 2, 1942 Singapore: 40,000–50,000 Imperial Japanese Army, Military Police Corps [1] Selarang Barracks Incident: August 30 - September 5, 1942 Singapore: ≥4 Indian National Army [2] Double Tenth incident ...