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1400s |
Founding of
Malacca by Parameswara. |
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1409 |
Chinese Admiral
Cheng Ho arrives in Malacca. |
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1511 |
Malacca falls to
the Portuguese. |
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1641 |
The Dutch take
Malacca from the Portuguese |
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1786 |
The British
occupy Penang. |
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1819 |
British occupy
Singapore. |
1824
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Anglo-Dutch
Treaty carves up Malay world into colonial spheres:
Dutch cede Malacca to British and keeps Riau. |
|
1826 |
Singapore,
Malacca Penang and Province Wellesley become Straits
Settlements under British control. |
|
1840s |
The importance
of tin increases, bringing an influx of Chinese tin
miners to the western coast. |
|
1841 |
James Brooke
established as Rajah of Sarawak. |
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1914-18 |
World War I. |
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1941-45 |
Japanese
conquest and occupation. |
|
1945 |
British reoccupy
Malaya. |
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1946 |
Malayan Union
scheme introduced but is opposed, formation of United
Malay National Organisation (Umno); Sarawak and British
North Borneo become Crown colonies. |
|
1948 |
Malayan Union
scheme abandoned; Federation of Malaya inaugurated. |
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1948-60 |
Communist
uprising - The Emergency. |
|
1952 |
Municipal
elections in Kuala Lumpur; Umno and Malayan Chinese
Association (MCA) parties cooperate. |
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1953 |
Alliance
coalition comprising Umno, MCA and Malayan Indian
Congress (MIC) formed.
|
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1955 |
First general
elections in the peninsula; landslide win for the
Alliance. |
|
1956 |
Tunku Abdul
Rahman leads Merdeka Mission to London to negotiate for
independence. |
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1957 |
Malaya becomes
independent, and the Union Jack is lowered for the last
time. The Tunku, named the Father of Independence,
becomes the first prime minister of the Federation of
Malaya. |
|
1960 |
The state of
emergency ends. |
|
1961 |
The Tunku
proposes a political association called Malaysia that
would include Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo, Sarawak
and Brunei. |
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1963 |
Creation of
Malaysia without Brunei.
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1965 |
Singapore leaves
Malaysia and becomes an independent nation. |
|
1970 |
Tun Abdul Razak
takes office as the second Prime Minister of Malaysia,
succeeding Abdul Rahman. |
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1976 |
Tun Hussein Onn
appointed as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia on Jan
15, a day after the passing of Abdul Razak.
|
|
1981 |
Tun Hussein Onn
stepped down and appointed Dato’ Seri Dr Mahathir
Mohamad to take over as Fourth Prime Minister |
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2003 |
Malaysia's
longest-serving Prime Minister Dr Mahathir retires. He
is succeeded by his deputy Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi. |
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