1829
June 3 - Charles Johnson (later Brooke), 2nd Rajah, born in
Somersetshire (Payne)
1852 - Charles Brooke enters Sarawak Service (Runciman, Payne,
Pybus)
1853 - Brunei cedes Batang Lupar, Skrang and Saribas river systems
to Sarawak (Pybus)
1862 - Sarawak Regiment created (Runciman)
1863 - Charles Brooke and Abang Aing lead expedition against Kayan
Dyaks (Pybus, Rawlins)
Charles Brooke appointed Tuan Muda (Pybus)
1864 - Charles Brooke builds fort at Simanggang (Pybus)
Britain recognises independence of Sarawak (Rawlins)
1865 - In England Charles named Brooke's heir
General Council (Council Negri) established (Runciman)
1866 - Charles Brooke's 'Ten Years in Sarawak' published (Runciman,
Pybus)
1868 August 3 - Supreme Court proclaims Charles Brooke as Rajah
(Runciman, Pybus, Rawlins)
1869 October 28 - Rajah Charles marries Margaret de Windt (Runciman,
Payne, Pybus, Rawlins)
1870 - Astana completed (Runciman)
August 26 - First issue of the Sarawak Gazette (Runciman, Rawlins)
1871 - Expedition against Kanowit and Katibas Dyaks (Runciman)
1873 - Rajah's three children die at sea (cenotaph, Pybus)
1874 September 30 - Charles Vyner Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and
Ranee Margaret, born in England (Runciman, Pybus, Rawlins)
1876 - Bertram Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and Ranee Margaret, born
in Sarawak (Pybus)
1878 - Harry Brooke, son of Rajah Charles and Ranee Margaret, born
in Wiltshire (Pybus)
1879 - Lang Endang expedition (Runciman)
1880 - Fort Margherita built in Kuching (Rawlins)
1881 - Bukit Batu expeditions (Runciman)
North Borneo Company established (Pybus)
1882 - Sarawak acquires Baram District (Payne, Pybus)
1884 - Sarawak acquires Trusan District (Payne)
1888 - Britain agrees to a protectorate for Sarawak (Pybus)
Queen Victoria gives Charles Brooke a knighthood (Pybus, Rawlins)
June - Rajah Charles buys Brooketon Colliery (Rawlins)
Britain grants protection to Sarawak (Rawlins)
1890 March 17 - Sarawak acquires Limbang District (Runciman, Payne,
Reece)
1891 August - Sarawak Museum opens (Rawlins)
1901 - King Edward recognizes Rajah Charles as ruler of an
independent state (Pybus)
Foochow Chinese settle in Sibu (Lockard)
1905 January 12 - Brunei cedes Lawas District to Sarawak; Sarawak
reaches ultimate limits (Runciman, Pybus, Reece)
1907 - Charles Brooke publishes 'Queries: Past, Present and Future'
(Payne, Pybus)
1909 - Oil discovered in Miri (Payne)
1911 - Special Chinese Court established for civil cases (Reece)
1912 - The Tuan Muda, Bertram Brooke, given equal honors with the
Rajah Muda, Vyner Brooke (Pybus)
Sarawak State Advisory Council established in London (Pybus)
Brooke Dockyard established (Porritt, Reece)
1913 - Ranee Margaret publishes 'My Life in Sarawak' (Pybus)
1914 - Orders Committee, precursor to legislative authority,
instituted (Reece)
1915 - Committee of Administration replaces Orders Committee (Reece)
Railway opens to 10th mile south of Kuching (Reece, Rawlins)
1916, September - Rajah Charles formally hands over administration
of Dyaks to Vyner Brooke (Runciman)
1917 - Small refinery and pipeline built at Lutong (Reece, Rawlins)
May 17 - Rajah Charles dies in Cirencester (Crisswell, Pybus, Payne)
1936 December 1 - Ranee Margaret dies at Lelant, Cornwall (Runciman,
Pybus)
Sources:
Crisswell, Colin The End of the Brooke Raj in Sarawak Lockard, Craig A. Old Sarawak: a Pictorial Study Payne,
Robert The White Rajahs of Sarawak Porritt, Vernon L.
British Colonial Rule in Sarawak 1946 - 1963 Pybus,
Cassandra White Rajah: a Dynastic Intrigue Rawlins, Joan
Sarawak 1839 to 1963 Reece, Robert The Name of Brooke Runciman, Steven The White Rajahs
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1829
June 3 - Charles Johnson (later Brooke), 2nd Rajah, born in
Somersetshire (Payne)
