Straits Settlements

Straits Settlements was a colony in Malay Peninsula and Sumatra (Southeast Asia) that lasted from 1826 to 1946 CE, about 120 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Britain joined Penang (1786), Malacca and Singapore (founded by Raffles in 1819) into one colony that dominated straits trade. It was dissolved in 1946, and Singapore became a separate colony.

See Straits Settlements on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1826 to 1946 CE

Duration

120 years

Type

Colony

Region

Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Southeast Asia

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Singapore

Came from

• Dutch Malacca 1641 to 1824 CE

Became

• Singapore 1965 CE to the present

Events in Southeast Asia during its time

• 1883 Krakatoa erupts
• 1896 Philippine Revolution
• 1942 Fall of Singapore
• 1945 Indonesia declares independence

Neighbours in Southeast Asia

• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE
• Indonesia 1945 CE to the present
• Champa c. 192 to 1832 CE
• Bruneian Sultanate c. 1368 to 1888 CE
• Sultanate of Sulu c. 1405 to 1915 CE
• Aceh Sultanate 1496 to 1903 CE
• Spanish Philippines 1565 to 1898 CE
• Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) 1782 to 1932 CE
• Nguyen dynasty 1802 to 1945 CE
• Konbaung dynasty 1752 to 1885 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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