1874 September 30 - Charles Vyner Brooke, 3rd Rajah, born in
England (Runciman, Pybus)
1891 - Vyner Brooke declared Rajah Muda (Pybus)
1897 - Vyner Brooke posted to Simanggang (Pybus)
1902 - Vyner Brooke jointly commands punitive expedition in the
upper Batang Lupar (Pybus, Payne)
February - Vyner Brooke appointed Resident at Muka and Oya (Payne)
1903 - Vyner Brooke appointed Resident of the Third Division (Payne)
1911 February 21 - Vyner Brooke marries Sylvia Brett, daughter of
Lord Esher (Brooke)
1912 - The Tuan Muda, Bertram Brooke, given equal honors with the
Rajah Muda, Vyner Brooke (Pybus)
Anthony Brooke, son of Bertram Brooke, born (Crisswell)
1916 September - Rajah Charles formally hands over administration of
Dyaks to Vyner Brooke (Runciman)
1917 May 17 - Rajah Charles dies in Cirencester (Crisswell, Pybus,
Payne)
May 24 - Vyner Brooke proclaimed Rajah (Payne, Runciman)
1918 July 22 - Rajah Vyner Brooke's accession (Crisswell, Runciman)
1920 - Gerald MacBryan given post in the Third Division (Runciman)
Semonggoh, first forest reserve established (Passport)
August - Peace-making ceremony at Simanggang (Crisswell)
1921 October 16 - Brooke monument unveiled in Kuching (Runciman)
1924 - Sarawak Penal Code, based on the Indian Code, introduced
(Runciman)
Brooketon mine closed (Saunders)
1927 - King George V gives Vyner Brooke a knighthood (Pybus)
1928 - Sibu and Simanggang bazaars burned (Runciman)
September 26 - Order of the Sarawak Star instituted (Runciman)
1929 - Secretary for Chinese Affairs appointed (Runciman)
Gerald MacBryan becomes Private Secretary to Rajah Vyner (Runciman)
1930 - First Malay language newspaper, "Fajar Sarawak",
published (Reece)
1931 - Land rights in Muara transferred to Brunei (Saunders)
- Sarawak Rangers merge with Police (Reece)
- General Post Office built (Passport)
1932 - Sarawak Rangers disbanded after 70 years of service
(Crisswell, Runciman)
1934 - Ranee Margaret publishes 'Good Morning and Good Night'
(Pybus)
Sarawak Service introduces competitive examinations (Runciman)
1936 - Anthony Brooke serves as District Officer in the Third
Division (Runciman)
1937 April - Title of Datu Patinggi revived; given to the Datu
Bandar, Haji Abdillah (Runciman)
1938 - Opening of Kuching Airport (Rawlins)
1939 April 9 - Ceremony of Anthony Brooke's appointment as Rajah
Muda (Runciman)
1941 January - Gerald MacBryan appointed Political Secretary
(Runciman)
September 24 - Centenary of Brooke Rule in Sarawak (Reece)
Constitution for Sarawak proclaimed (Runciman, Payne, Rawlins)
September 26 - The Datu Patinggi, Haji Abdillah, presents Sword of
State to the Rajah (Runciman)
November 17 - Meeting of the new Council Negri (Runciman)
December 16 - Japanese forces attack Sarawak (Crisswell)
December 25 - Japanese forces occupy Kuching (Crisswell)
December 27 - Japanese forces occupy Sibu (Runciman)
1945 June 10 - Australian forces land on Labuan and shores of Borneo
Bay (Runciman)
September 11 - Australian forces land in Kuching (Payne)
- Formal surrender of Japanese forces (Runciman)
- Australian troops establish interim military rule (Pybus)
1946 - Sir Charles Arden Clarke installed as first Governor
(Rawlins)
April 14 - Restoration of Rajah Vyner Brooke's government
(Crisswell)
July 1 - End of White Rajah Rule in Sarawak; incorporation as a
British Colony (Runciman, Payne, Rawlins)
1949 November - Duncan Stewart installed as Governor (Rawlins)
December 3 - Governor Duncan Stewart stabbed to death (Crisswell,
Runciman, Rawlins)
1950 April 4 - Anthony Abell installed as Governor (Rawlins)
1951 February - Anthony Brooke formally abandons claim to the Raj of
Sarawak (Rawlins)
1960 February 23 - Sir Alexander Waddell installed as Governor
(Rawlins)
1963 May 9 - Vyner Brooke dies in London (The Guardian)
September - Sarawak incorporated into the Federation of Malaysia
1971 November 11 - Sylvia Brooke dies in Barbados (Brooke)
Sources:
Brooke, Sylvia Queen of the Head Hunters Crisswell,
Colin The End of the Brooke Raj in Sarawak Passport
Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Handbook Payne, Robert
The White Rajahs of Sarawak Pybus, Cassandra White
Rajah: a Dynastic Intrigue Rawlins, Joan Sarawak 1839 to
1963 Reece, Robert The Name of Brooke Runciman,
Steven The White Rajahs Saunders, Graham History of
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