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In 1819 the Sultanate of Johor ceded the island of Sincapura, from now on referred to as Singapore, to Britain.
In 1826 it was combined with Penang and Malacca to form the Straits Settlements, which were under the Bengal Presidency.
Following Japanese occupation in World War II (1942-1945), the Straits Settlements were dissolved in 1946.
While Penang and Malacca were granted entry in the Union/Federation of Malaya (1946-1963), Singapore applied for
entry, but was long denied it because Singapore's large Chinese population element would have affected the ethnic
composition of Malaya. In 1963, the member states of the Federation of Malaya,
Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo
(Sabah) joined to form Malaysia. The experiment did not work, and Singapore declared independence in 1965.
In 1967, Singapore was among the founding members of ASEAN. Timeline : Singapore Historical Atlas, Singapore Page Students' Paper : Chae, Seung Hoon, Historiography of Singapore (2010) |
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| Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Index Mundi;
from Wikipedia;
from CIA World Factbook, Countries : Singapore from World Wide Gazetteer from Library of Congress, Country Studies |
| Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World from BUBL from East and Southeast Asia. An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources at UOregon Pandora (Australian), search for Singapore List of Singapore-Related Articles, from Wikipedia Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia; Singapore, from Post-Colonial Web |
| on History |
from East and Southeast Asia.
An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources at UOregon from Virtual Library Labour History Category History of Singapore, from Wikipedia; The History of Singapore, from Post-Colonial Web |
| Historical Dictionaries |
Singapore Infopedia |
| Timelines |
from timelines.ws;
from BBC News Knowledgenet Singapore has timelines etc. Raffles and Singapore, by Raffles Girls' School, text plus timeline |
| Accounts of History |
History of Singapore, from ASNIC, UTexas;
from Lonely Planet,
from Wikipedia Evolution of Singapore, a Digital Library, from Thinkquest, has 8 chapters Singapore's Independence, from Catholic High School, 5 chapters from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow) |
| Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Singapore;
Governments on the WWW : Singapore;
Article Politics of Singapore, from Wikipedia History of General Elections in Singapore, from Singapore Infopedia |
| Military |
Wars of Singapore, from ACED Singapore, from Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth Low Wye Mun, A History of Tanglin Barracks : The Early Years, in : Pointer, Journal of the Singapore Armed Forces, Oct. 1999 |
| Economy & Finances |
A Global History of Currencies : Singapore;
What is the Singapore Dollar ? from Go Currency Article Economy of Singapore, from Wikipedia Singapore Infopedia : Commerce and Industry Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, from Singapore Infopedia Raj Brown, The Emergence and Development of Singapore as a Regional / International Financial Centre, IEHC 2006 Search Company History, Funding Universe : Company Histories for Singapore Company Histories : Singapore Airlines, Fraser & Neave Ltd., United Overseas Bank Ltd., Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd., Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., from Funding Universe Category : Enterprise Singapore, from Economy Point |
| Ethnography |
Singapore Infopedia : Ethnic Communities Languages of Singapore (21), from Ethnologue Article : Languages of Singapore, from Wikipedia; Catergory : Languages of Singapore, from Wikipedia World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Singapore Chia Mengtat Jack, Beyond Riots : Secret Societies and Chinese Businesses in Singapore 1819-1890, NUS History Society e-Journal E.W. Andrew, K.C. Bushnell, Heathen Slaves and Christian Rulers (1907), posted by Gutenberg Library Online |
| Religion |
Category Religion in Singapore, from Wikipedia Singapore, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project Catholic Church in Singapore, from GCatholic |
| Institutions |
Article Singapore Changi Airport, from Wikipedia;
Singapore, from Airline History Article Broadcasting in Singapore, from Wikipedia; Singapore Broadcasting Authority, from Singapore Infopedia History, from National University of Singapore Structurae : Singapore; Search Lighthouse Depot for Singapore |
| Biographies |
Singapore Infopedia : Biographies Famous Singaporeans, from Nations Encyclopedia |
| Others |
Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Singapore Singapore Freemasonry, from Singapore Infopedia Article Singapore at the Olympics, Sport in Singapore, from Wikipedia Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Singapore Indo-Malayan Ecoregion, from WWF |
| DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
| Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated) |
| Lists of Ambassadors |
U.S. Ambassadors to Singapore, from NNDB;
Chinese Ambassadors to Singapore, from PRC MOFA;
Embajadores de Mexico en Singapur, from Acervo Historico Diplomatico List of Canadian Heads of Post, click Singapore List of High Commissioners from Nerw Zealand to Singapore, from Wikipedia |
| Population Figures |
Singapore, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht City Population : Singapore, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics, Singapore, from Johnston's Archive |
| Exchange Rates |
Historical Exchange Rates, from Oanda, since 1990 Federal Reserve (U.S.) : Foreign Exchange Rates, Historic |
| Election Results |
from Psephos (since 1997);
from IFES Election Guide from Elections and Electoral Systems (links) |
| Documents | Historical Newspapers |
Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006) History of Singapore, from World History Archives |
| Modern Newspapers | links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers |
| Newsreels |
British Pathe Wochenschau-Archiv (in German) Archief Beeld en Geluid : Polygoon (in Dutch) National Archives Singapore, Moving Image & Sound Archives Singapore |
| Image Databanks |
Wikimedia Commons Singapore National Album of Pictures License Plates, from Francoplaque, from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Airline Timetable Images : Singapore National Archives Singapore, Records Database Singapore :Posters, Picture Archive Singapore Singapore, from Images of Asia |
| Archival Deposits |
National Archives Singapore, Records Database Singapore :Posters,
Picture Archive Singapore,
Moving Image & Sound Archives Singapore,
Cartographic & Architectural Database Singapore,
Collection of Oral History Recording Database ,
Government Records Information Database,
Speech Text Archival and Retrieval System National Archives (UK) ; Search Janus for Singapore Search ARCHIEVEN.NL for Singapore ; Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken (Mofa, NL ; enter "Singapore" in field : "Lijst samenstellen op land of regio", 1 entry; sources posted in Dutch language Search New Zealand Electronic Text Centre for Singapore |
| Constitutions, Laws |
Constitution of Singapore, from ICL Singapore Statutes Online List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Singapore, from ILO, 23 docs. since 1965 Internet Law Library : Singapore |
| Treaties |
Environmental Treaties : Singapore, from Pop Planet Australian Treaties Library, search for Singapore Singapore Treaties and International Agreements, from WorldLII |
| Document Collections |
| Historical Maps |
WHKMLA Historical Atlas, Singapore Page Atlas of Singapore, from Wikimedia Commons An atlas of the southern part of India, including plans of all the principal towns & cantonments, reduced from the grand trigonometrical survey of India, shewing also the Tenasserim provinces, 1854, posted on Internet Archive, has Singapoor map |
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Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
from EB 1911 from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German (Singapur) |
| Religious |
from Jewish Encyclopedia 1901-1906 |
| Economic |
J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch
der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual
on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Sincapore, posted by DTBSWS Handelsberichte der kaufmännischen Begleiter der Ostindischen Expedition (Mercantile Reports by Traders Accompanying the Prussian East Asian Expedition), Berlin : Königliche Geheime Ober-Druckerei 1861, posted by DTBSWS : Fr. Wolff : Singapore, pp.3-21 Nopitsch, Wilhelm Hermann, Kaufmännische Berichte, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Welt mit der Kriegs-Corvette Galathea (Mercantile Reports, collected on a Journey on the War-Corvette Galathea in the Years 1845, 1846 and 1847), in den Jahren 1845, 1846 und 1847, Hamburg : Besser & Mauke 1849, in German, posted by DTBSWS, Singapore pp.40-54 |
| Geographical |
Article : Sincapora, in : J. Walker, The Universal Gazetteer, 1810, GB Article : Sincapura, Sincapora, Sincapoura, p.3 in vol.21 of Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge, 1816, GB Article : Sincapore, Sincapoura, Sincapura, p.611 in vol.2 of J.E. Worcester, A Geographical Dictionary or Universal Gazetteer, Ancient and Modern, 1823, GB |
| Historical |
| Parliamentary Debates |
Staten Generaal Digitaal (Dutch Parliament, 1900-1994) Hansard (British Parliament) Singapore Parliament Reports |
| Institutions | Archives |
National Archives of Singapore National Register of Archives (UK), Place Search, type Singapore UNESCO Archives Portal : Government Archives, National Asia Pacific, one entry for Singapore, scroll down |
| Musea |
National Museum of Singapore Webpage of the Singapore History Museum, of the Singapore Philatelic Museum |
| Monuments | no entries for Singapore in UNESCO's World Heritage List, Tentative Lists |
| Library |
National Library Board, Singapore |
| Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
Expat Singapore;
National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
| Coins, Banknotes |
Singapore banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money; from
World Currency Museum |
| PRINTED REFERENCE |
| Bibliographies |
Online Bibliography : A Sense of History from Nat'l Univ. of Singapore Library Online books on History of Singaporean architecture, from ArchNet Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Singapur, Singapore (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Singapore Women's Studies Bibliography, from UC Berkeley Library Search RHS Bibliography for Singapore Search UK National Archive Online Library for Singapore Search Asian Development Bank (ADB) Publications for Singapore ASEAN Environmental Education Inventory Database, resources, scroll down for Singapore South East Asia Dissertations, click South East Asia, Singapore Publications, from Singapore Heritage Society |
| Online Libraries | General |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
e-corpus Gallica Center for Research Libraries (CRL) Persee (French search engine) CIFOR Publications (on Forest Management) |
| on Singapore |
Singapore Digitised Books ISEAS Working Papers, Back Issues 2000-2003 |
| Online Journals |
South East Asia Journals, from ELIN-NIAS;
Singapore Journals, from ELIN-NIAS Asia Insights, from NIAS, 2002- Southeast Asian Studies 1963-, mostly in Japanese Explorations, 1997- Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, CSEAS, Univ. of Hawaii Search Electronic Journals Online for Singapore |
| General Accounts | On Southeast Asia |
Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.27, pp.765-769 Article Southeast Asia : Singapore KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.27 Gretchen Liu, Singapore, A Pictorial History 1819-2000, Singapore : Archipelago Press (2000) 2003 [G] |
| Specific Topics |
PAP Women's Wing, A Woman's Place. The Story of Singapore's Women, Singapore : PAP Women's Wing 1993 [G] The Fall of Singapore, in : Jasper H. Stembridge, The Oxford War Atlas Volume II, 1 September 1941 to 1 January 1943, Oxford : UP 1943 [G] |
| Historical Dictionaries |
K. Mulliner, Historical Dictionary of Singapore, Rowman & Littlefield 2002 |
| Historical Atlasses |
Jan M. Pluvier, Historical Atlas of Southeast Asia, Leiden : Brill 1995 [G] |
| Statistical Data |
IHS : B.R. Mitchell, International Historical Statistics. Africa, Asia & Oceania 1750-2000, London : Palgrave 2003 [G] Article : Singapore, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.195-197, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.195-197, 4th ed. 1984 pp.195-197 [G] |
| Yearbook Entries | Britannica Book of the Year | Malayan Union and Singapore, 1947 pp.474-475, 1948 pp.457-458, Malaya (Federation of) and Singapore, 1949 pp.404-405, 1950 pp.427-428, 1951 pp.437-438, 1952 pp.440-442, 1953 p.637, 1954 p.640, 1955 p.685, 1956 p.624, 1957 pp.685-686, 1958 pp.626-627, 1959 pp.619-620, 1960 p.622, 1961 pp.626-627, 1962 pp.619-620, Singapore, 1966 pp.682-683, 1967 p.682, 1968 pp.690-691, 1969 p.674, 1970 p.682, 1971 pp.663-664, 1972 p.624, 1973 p.611, 1974 p.611, 1975 pp.614-615, 1976 pp.612-613, 1977 p.612, 1978 p.628, 1979 p.619, 1980 pp.617-618, 1981 pp.616-617, 1982 pp.617-618, 1983 pp.612-613, 1984 pp.458, 712, 1985 pp.614-615, 1986 pp.513-514, 776, 1987 pp.483-484, 744, 1988 pp.441, 696, 1989 pp.441, 696, 1990 pp.458, 712, 1991 pp.440, 698, 1992 pp.412-413, 698, 1993 pp.416, 711, 1994 pp.417, 712, 1995 pp.469, 711, 1996 pp.467, 711, 1997 pp.471, 709 |
| Statesman's Year-Book | Singapore, 1970-1971 pp.489-492, 1975-1976 pp.474-478, 1976-1977 pp.480-485, 1978-1979 pp.1051-1056, 1979-1980 pp.1060-1065, 1980-1981 pp.1055-1059, 1981-1982 pp.1060-1065, 1983-1984 pp.1057-1062, 1984-1985 pp.1054-1059, 1985-1986 pp.1055-1060, 1986-1987 pp.1055-1060, 1987-1988 pp.1060-1066, 1988-1989 pp.1064-1070, 1989-1990 pp.1075-1081, 1990-1991 pp.1075-1081, 1991-1992 pp.1077-1083, 1992-1993 pp.1164-1170, 1993-1994 pp.1162-1168, 1994-1995 pp.1165-1171, 1995-1996 pp.1157-1162, 1996-1997 pp.1133-1138, 1997-1998 pp.1135-1140, 1998-1999 pp.1238-1244, 2000 pp.1386-1394, 2001 pp.1350-1358, 2002 pp.1405-1413, 2003 pp.1404-1412, 2004 pp.1425-1433, 2005 pp.1435-1443, 2006 pp.1443-1450 |
| Americana Annual | Singapore, 1957 p.695, 1961 pp.666-667, 1962 pp.672-673, 1963 p.596, Malaysia-Singapore, 1964 pp.402-406, 1967 pp.604-605, 1968 p.596, 1969 p.600, 1970 pp.606-607, 1971 p.596, 1972 p.590, 1973 p.593, 1974 p.513, 1976 p.484, 1964 pp.402-406, 1967 pp.604-605, 1968 p.596, 1969 p.600, 1970 pp.606-607, 1971 p.596, 1972 p.590, 1973 p.593, 1974 p.513, 1976 p.484, 1988 p.460, 1989 p.460, 1990 p.458, 1992 pp.460-461, 1993 pp.463-464, 1994 pp.471-472, 1998 pp.450-451, 2006 p.330 |
| YB on Int'l Communist Affairs | 1976 pp.372-382 |
| Other |
Entry : Singapore, in : The Commonwealth Yearbook 1989 pp.329-332 [G] |
