1300: The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange's composite index plummeted from approximately 1300 points to around 400 points in a matter of weeks. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1410s
1414: Chinese chronicles mention that in 1414, the son of the first ruler of Malacca visited the Ming emperor to inform them that his father had died. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1780s
1786: Britain established its first colony in the Malay Peninsula in 1786, with the lease of the island of Penang to the British East India Company by the Sultan of Kedah. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1820s
1824: The British took control of Malacca following the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 which divided the Malay archipelago between Britain and the Netherlands, with Malaya in the British zone. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1850s
1850: The English ethnologist George Samuel Windsor Earl, writing in the Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia, proposed naming the islands of Indonesia as Melayunesia or Indunesia. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1870s
1874: British gunboat diplomacy was employed to bring about a peaceful resolution to civil disturbances caused by Chinese and Malay gangsters employed in a political tussle between Ngah Ibrahim and Raja Muda Abdullah, and the Pangkor Treaty of 1874 paved the way for the expansion of British influence in Malaya. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
December 29, 1877: Malaysia insists that Sabah is under the sovereignty of Malaysia
based on the fact that under agreements that Baron von Overbeck and
Alfred Dent secured with the Brunei Sultanate on 29 December 1877
and the Sulu Sultanate on 22 January 1878, the sultanate of Sulu
agreed to lease Sabah to Malaysia. - Territories claimed by the Philippines, Wikipedia.
1910s
1914: A map published in 1914 in Chicago has the word Malaysia printed on it referring to certain territories within the Malay Archipelago. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1940s
August 12, 1943: Shanta Dhananjayan was born on 12 August 1943 into a well to do
Indian family in Malaysia
and traces her ancestry back to Kerala from where her family
migrated to Malaysia. - Dhananjayans, Wikipedia.
1946: This group of colonies was known as British Malaya until its dissolution in 1946, when it was reorganized as the Malayan Union. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1948: Due to widespread opposition, it was reorganized again as the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and later gained independence on 31 August 1957. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1950s
August 31, 1957: Against this backdrop, independence for the Federation within the Commonwealth was granted on 31 August 1957. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1963: Six years later, Malaysia was formed in 1963 through a merging
of Malaya and Singapore, as well as the East Malaysian states of
Sabah (known then as North Borneo) and Sarawak on the northern
coast of Borneo, with Brunei deciding not to join. - Malaysia, Wikitravel.
August 31, 1963: The actual proposed date for the formation of Malaysia was 31 August 1963, to coincide with the independence day of Malaya and the British giving self-rule to Sarawak and Sabah. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
August 31, 1963: The British territories in North Borneo and Singapore were granted independence and formed Malaysia with the Peninsular states on 16 September 1963. - History of Malaysia, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Malaysia Day is held on September 16 every year
to commemorate the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963. - Malaysia Day, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Singapore was admitted as a state of Malaysia under the terms of
confederation and the Royal Malayan Navy was renamed the Royal
Malaysian Navy (RMN). - Republic of Singapore Navy, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: All Malayan states later formed a larger federation called Malaysia on 16 September 1963 together with Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo. - British Malaya, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Several issues related to the Indonesian and the Filipino objection to the formation of
Malaysia delayed the declaration to September 16 of the same year. - Malaysia Day, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Between 16 September 1963 and 4 August 1965, the border became
part of the maritime frontier between Indonesia and Malaysia when Singapore
joined the Federation of Malaysia as a constituent state. - Indonesia–Singapore border, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: With the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the name of the force was changed to Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (Royal Malaysian Air Force). - Military history of Malaysia, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Singapore joined the Federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, and thus ceased to be a colony of the British empire. - Law of Singapore, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: As a result, right after
Sarawak joined the federation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the
federal government of Malaysia began to built a road network system
connecting Sarawak to Sabah, known as Pan Borneo Highway. - Malaysian Federal Roads System, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: On the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, the Sarawak Rangers was disbanded and absorbed into the Malaysian Armed Forces. - Royal Ranger Regiment, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: Singapore joined the
Federation of Malaysia in 16 September 1963, along with the present
Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. - Anti-Malay racism, Wikipedia.
September 16, 1963: With the formation of the larger federation of Malaysia on September 16,
1963, the Malaysian Red Cross Society (Incorporation) Act
1965 to incorporate the Federation of Malaya Red Cross Society
and the branches of the Red Cross Society in Sabah and Sarawak
under the name of the Malaysian Red Cross Society was passed by
Parliament and gazetted on July 1, 1965. - Malaysian Red Crescent Society, Wikipedia.
August 9, 1965: Singapore was expelled from the
federation on 9th August 1965 after several bloody racial riots, as
its majority Chinese population and the influence of the People's
Action Party led by Lee Kuan Yew (later the long-ruling Prime
Minister of Singapore) were seen as a threat to Malay dominance,
and it became a separate country. - Malaysia, Wikitravel.
1967: English may continue to be used for some official purposes under the National Language Act 1967. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1970s
September 21, 1970: Tuanku Abdul Halim was elected as the fifth Yang
di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia and served his term in office from 21
September 1970 to 20 September 1975. - Abdul Halim of Kedah, Wikipedia.
December 21, 1971: The
two countries together with Thailand
entered to an agreement on 21 December 1971 established a common
maritime tripoint as well as extended the continental shelf
boundary between Indonesia and Malaysia from the northern terminus
defined in the 1969 agreement to meet the tripoint in a straight
line (see table below). - Indonesia–Malaysia border, Wikipedia.
1972: It was only in 1972 that petroleum and natural gas took over from tin as the mainstay of the mineral extraction sector. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
December 21, 1979: The Director of National Mapping of
Malaysia published a map entitled Territorial Waters and
Continental Shelf Boundaries of Malaysia showing Pedra Branca
to be within its territorial waters. - Pedra Branca dispute, Wikipedia.
December 21, 1979: The Director of National Mapping of
Malaysia published a map entitled Territorial Waters and
Continental Shelf Boundaries of Malaysia showing Pedra Branca
to be within its territorial waters. - Pedra Branca, Singapore, Wikipedia.
1980s
November 19, 1985: The Memali Massacre was a major incident that
occurred in the remote village of Memali, Baling in the Malaysian state of Kedah on 19 November 1985. - Memali Incident, Wikipedia.
1990: The success or failure of the NEP is the subject of much debate, although it was officially retired in 1990 and replaced by the National Development Policy (NDP). - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
1998: Both Malaysia and Singapore
were handling immigration controls at Tanjong Pagar railway station
until 1998 when Singapore moved its checkpoint to Woodlands
station. - Malaysia, Wikitravel.
August, 1998: One possibility is that the currency speculators had run out of finance after failing in their attack on the Hong Kong dollar in August 1998 and after the Russian ruble collapsed. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
2000s
2000
August 17, 2000: Scoullar made a solitary A-international appearance for New Zealand against
Oman in Malaysia on 17 August 2000 at the Merdeka
Tournament, a competition New Zealand went on to win. - Blair Scoullar, Wikipedia.
September, 2000: He visited Malaysia and stayed in a condominium owned by Yazid Sufaat who, in October 2000, signed letters identifying Moussaoui as a representative of his company. - Zacarias Moussaoui, Wikipedia.
September 26, 2003: His first
international debut as a senior national team player was for
friendly match between Indonesia and Malaysia in 26 September 2003 and the match
was ended draw 1-1. - Yandri Pitoy, Wikipedia.
September 24, 2005: It was a very big deal for Danell Lee, being a newbie in the
music industry, when just 14 months ago he won the Malaysian Idol season
2 on 24th September 2005. - Danell Lee Chieh Hun, Wikipedia.
December 22, 2005: Baik Punya Cilok is a Malaysian comedy film
released on 22 December 2005. - Baik Punya Cilok, Wikipedia.
2006
January 11, 2006: The original edition of the disc was released on 11 January 2006 in Singapore and 26 January
2006 in Malaysia. - All I Want Is..., Wikipedia.
October 1, 2007: MASWings took over the rural
air services network from FlyAsian Express on October 1, 2007,
which in turn took the service over from Malaysia Airlines 14
months before that. - Malaysia, Wikitravel.
November 23, 2007: Waytha Moorthy left Malaysia on 23 November 2007 to avoid possible
detention under the Internal Security Act
and to obtain international support for HINDRAF's cause. - Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy, Wikipedia.
November 25, 2007: This was made
all the more apparent when HINDRAF or Hindu Rights Action Force is a
coalition of 30 Hindu Non-Governmental organizations organized a
rally on Sunday, 25 November 2007 to submit the petition at the British High Commission stating their
dissafaction with the Malaysian government and MIC in the improving
the economic situation of Indians in Malaysia. - Malaysian Indian Congress, Wikipedia.
November 25, 2007: This was made
all the more apparent when HINDRAF or Hindu Rights Action Force is a
coalition of 30 Hindu Non-Governmental organizations organized a
rally on Sunday, 25 November 2007 to submit the petition at the British High Commission stating their
dissafaction with the Malaysian government and MIC in the improving
the economic situation of Indians in Malaysia. - Malaysian Indian Congress, Wikipedia.
November 24, 2007: She made a second appearance with TVXQ on November 24, 2007 in Malaysia for the same concert, and was TVXQ's regular guest star for their "O" Asia tour until its finale in June 2008. - Zhang Liyin, Wikipedia.
March, 2008: Parliamentary elections are held at least once every five years, with the last general election being in March 2008. - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
August 16, 2008: The tournament would have taken place in Malaysia from 5 August to 16 August 2008. - 2008 Champions Youth Cup, Wikipedia.
September 22, 2008: In a move to counteract the
probable release of Raja Petra Raja Kamarudin by the Malaysian High
Court the Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar signed an order to
remand Raja Petra on Monday September 22, 2008 for up to two years
to the detention facility under section 8 of the ISA. - Raja Petra Kamarudin, Wikipedia.
October 16, 2008: HINDRAF was banned as the government labelled the organisation as "a threat to national security". - Malaysia, Wikipedia.
November 20, 2008: The University announced that they were entering into an agreement to establish an international branch campus in Malaysia for the teaching of medical subjects. - Newcastle University Medical School, Wikipedia.
December 11, 2008: In Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, the film had been
released on 11 December 2008 with the goal by the producer of a
million tickets sold compared to 670 thousand tickets sold for Cicak Man. - Cicak Man (film series), Wikipedia.
December 11, 2008: In Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, the film had been
released on 11 December 2008 with the goal by the producer of a
million tickets sold compared to 670 thousand tickets sold for Cicak Man. - Cicak Man (film series), Wikipedia.
September 18, 2009: After a hectic schedule from Malaysia, the shooting for the second schedule continued on 18 September 2009 at Paris and Lyon, France. - Aasal, Wikipedia.
Malaysia - 17 January 1958 - List of members of the Universal Postal Union, Wikipedia.
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