搜尋結果
其他人也問了
When did Penang become a British colony?
When was Penang established?
When did Penang & Malacca become a colony?
What shaped the history of Penang?
Unlike most Malaysian states, the history of modern Penang was shaped by British colonialism, beginning with the acquisition of Penang Island from the Sultanate of Kedah by the British East India Company in 1786.
The Crown Colony of Penang was a British crown colony from 1946 to 1957. It came under British sovereignty after being ceded by the Sultanate of Kedah in 1786, and had been part of the Straits Settlements from 1826 to 1946. [1]
2024年5月22日 · George Woodcock | Published in History Today Volume 19 Issue 12 December 1969. Like many of the famous cities of the Asian seaboard, Penang was a creation of British trading enterprise.
In 1786 the sultan of Kedah granted the island of Penang to the British East India Company; until 1867 it was known to the British as Prince of Wales Island. Malacca was first occupied by the British from 1795 to 1818, and was formally ceded by the Dutch in 1825; meanwhile Singapore was acquired in 1819.
The British settlement at Penang was founded in 1786, at Singapore in 1819; Malacca, occupied by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, was transferred to the East India Company in 1824. The three territories were established as a crown colony in 1867.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1786: Francis Light established Penang. 1819: Stamford Raffles established Singapore. 1824: Anglo-Dutch Treaty: Malacca ceded to the British while Bencoolen to the Dutch. 1826: The British defeated Burma in the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26). Burma ceded Assam, Manipur, Arakan and Tenessarim. 1839: First Opium War - the British seized Hong Kong.
Established by Francis Light in 1786, Penang became part of the Straits Settlements, a British crown colony also comprising Malacca and Singapore. During World War II, Japan occupied Penang, but the British regained control in 1945. Penang was later merged with the Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia), which gained independence in 1957.
