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Singapore in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Singapore in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records6 event labels4 people1819–1968

Historical events in Singapore

1819

1819
Rule of Singapore
Thomas Stamford Raffles · Tory Party Government

Founds Singapore

1819
Singapore
Thomas Stamford Raffles · Tory Party Government

Founds Singapore

1941

1941
Capture of Singapore
Robert Brooke-Popham · World War, 2nd

Singapore falls to the Japanese, takes responsibility & is removed from office

1941
Dismissal
Robert Brooke-Popham · World War, 2nd

Singapore falls to the Japanese, takes responsibility & is removed from office

December 1941
Bombing of Singapore
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

The Japanese bomg Singapore

1942

15 February 1942
Capture of Singapore
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Singapore surrenders to the Japanese

1968

1968
Singapore and Malaysia
Denis Winston Healey · Labour Party Government

Healey plans the ending of Britain’s permanent military presence in Singapore and Malaysia.

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Singapore. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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