1819 in Singapore

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Decades:	1820s
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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. ^{[1] [2]} 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

1. Jenny Ng (7 February 1997). "1819 – The February Documents". Ministry of Defence (Singapore). Archived from the original on 6 September 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2006.
2. "Milestones in Singapore's Legal History". Supreme Court, Singapore . Retrieved 18 July 2006.^{[ dead link ]}

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