ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Sarawak </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Sarawak"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Sarawak <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xsarawak.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A 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"tlbrunei.html">Sultan of Brunei</A>, British adventurer James Brooke suppressed a rebellion in Sarawak </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1842 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> The <A HREF = "tlbrunei.html">Sultan of Brunei</A> appointed James Brooke Rajah of Sarawak </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1850 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> The U.S. recognized Sarawak </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1852 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak's territory expanded </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1857 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Kuching sacked by Chinese rebels </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1861 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak's territory expanded at the expense of Brunei </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1861 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> An offer by King Leopold I. of Belgium to purchase Sarawak was not successful </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1862 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Creation of the Sarawak regiment </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1863 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak Dollar introduced </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1864 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Britain recognized Sarawak as an independent principality </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1868 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> James Brooke succeeded by his son Charles </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1869 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak began issuing postage stamps </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1870 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak Gazette began publication </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1885 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Acquisition of the Limbang area, from <A HREF = "tlbrunei.html">Brunei</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1888 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak declared a British protectorate </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1891 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Opening of the Sarawak Museum </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1901 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak had a population of 320,000 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1903 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Oil discovered in Sarawak </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1905 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Acquisition of the Lawas Region, from <A HREF = "tlbrunei.html">Brunei</A> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1915 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> First railway line in Sarawak opened </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1915 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Committee of Administration, seated in Kuching, established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1917 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Charles Vyner Brooke succeeded his father Charles as Rajah </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1924 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak Penal Code introduced </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1938 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Kuching airport opened </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1941 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Written constitution granted </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1941 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak had a population of 490,000 </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1942-1945 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Japanese occupation </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1945-1946 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Australian military administration </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1946 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak became British crown colony </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1949 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Governor Duncan Stewart was assassinated </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1953 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Currency reform : Malayan Dollar introduced in Sarawak </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1963 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak joined the Federation of Malaysia </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width="100" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> 1993 </font></TD> <TD width="580" valign="top" align="left"> <font size = "2"> Sarawak University established </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> 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