1819 in Singapore

none July 2025 February 2020 December 2020 1819 Singapore Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg 90px Other events of 1819 Timeline of Singaporean history Events from the year 1819 in Singapore. Incumbents Resident: Maj-Gen. William Farquhar (6 February onward) Events January 19 January – Stamford Raffles left Bencoolen on board the Indiana under the command of Captain James Pearl to establish a new settlement at the south of Malacca. 27 January – The Indiana, together with the Discover and the Investigator with William Farquhar surveying the possibility of the Karimun Islands as a new British site. After a discussion, they decided that it was not suitable. 28 January – The Indiana and Enterprise anchor at Saint John's Island and met with the locals in that evening. 29 January – Raffles and Farquhar landed by one of the rivers in Singapore and meet the Temenggong Abdul Rahman. 30 January – An informal agreement was written between the Temenggong and the British and the Union Jack is raised with a little ceremony. February 1 February – Sultan Hussein (then known as Tungku Long) arrives from Riau. 6 February – The Singapore Treaty is signed by Raffles, Sultan Hussein and the Temenggong Abdul Rahman with commanders from the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event.Jenny Ng 7 February 1997 1819 – The February Documents http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/the_early_years/v01n02b_history.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20060906154236/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/the_early_years/v01n02b_history.html 6 September 2006 18 July 2006 Ministry of Defence (Singapore)Milestones in Singapore's Legal History http://app.supremecourt.gov.sg/default.aspx?pgID=39l 18 July 2006 Supreme Court, SingaporeMay 2020 medicmedic Farquhar is appointed Resident and Commandant under the authority of Raffles as Lieutenant-Governor of Bencoolen. The Union Jack is raised on Bukit Larangan and marked the official founding of modern Singapore. References Infopedia article: Raffles' landing in Singapore 1819 1819 Singapore Singapore Category:19th century in Singapore