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The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples decreed on 27 August 1855 the erection of the northern part of the island of Borneo into an independent prefecture of North Borneo and Labuan and entrusted it to Carlos Cuarteroni, a Spaniard. Cuarteron was originally a sea-captain and had vowed, after escaping great peril, to devote himself to ...
Flag of the governor of North Borneo: A yellow flag with lion in the centre pointing towards the right direction. 1903–1915: Flag of the governor of North Borneo: A yellow flag with lion in the centre pointing towards the left direction. 1915–1946: Flag of the governor of North Borneo: A Union Jack defaced with the Badge of North Borneo ...
North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) [2] was a British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, (present-day Sabah). The territory of North Borneo was originally established by concessions of the Sultanates of Brunei and Sulu in 1877 and 1878 to a German -born ...
The hoisting of British flag for the first time on Labuan on 24 December 1846 following its foundation as a Crown colony. Since 1841, when James Brooke had successfully established a solid presence in northwestern Borneo with the establishment of the Raj of Sarawak and began to assist in the suppression of piracy along the island coast, he had persistently promoted the island of Labuan to the ...
After the surrender, North Borneo was administered by the British Military Administration and in 1946 it became a British Crown Colony. Until the Philippine independence on 1946 , seven British-controlled islands in the northern coast of Borneo named Turtle Islands (including Cagayan de Tawi-Tawi and Mangsee Islands ) were ceded to the ...
British flag hoisted for the first time on the island of Labuan on 24 December 1846. After the fall of Malacca in 1511, Portuguese merchants traded regularly with Borneo, and especially with Brunei from 1530. [73] Having visited Brunei's capital, the Portuguese described the place as surrounded by a stone wall. [74]
The Governor of the Crown Colony of North Borneo was appointed by King George VI, and later Queen Elizabeth II. [9] After the formation of Malaysia in 1963 the title was changed to Yang di-Pertua Negara [ 10 ] and was subsequently changed to 'Tuan Yang Terutama Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah ', in 1976 ( Enactment.
Coat of arms of the Crown Colony of North Borneo Description The design of the arms of the British Crown Colony of North Borneo was modified from the arms of the North Borneo Chartered Company (NBCC), which ruled North Borneo from 1882 until 1946 and serves as the basis for both the first and current Sabah state coat of arms.