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Name: Sultanate of Brunei (Great Britain)

Type: Polity

Start: 1888 AD

End: 1983 AD

Nation: brunei

Parent: great britain

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Once a large Empire, the rump state of Brunei was made a British Protectorate in 1888.

Establishment


  • September 1888: Sultan Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin made an attempt in 1888 to stop further British advances through diplomatic means. In the same year they signed a "Treaty of Protection" and made Brunei a British protectorate.
  • Chronology


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    1. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    1.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)

    Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.

    1.1.1.Battle of Borneo (1941-42)

    Was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island, which was a British (the northern part) and Dutch (the southern part) possession.

  • December 1941: Japanese forces took control of Brunei in six days.

  • 1.1.2.Borneo Campaign

    Was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held British Borneo and Dutch Borneo.

    1.1.2.1.Battle of North Borneo

    Was a series of Allied amphibious landings in North Borneo to clear North Borneo from Japanese forces.

  • June 1945: Brunei conquered by great britain.
  • June 1945: Kuala Belait was reached by British forces on 24 June.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1891: Charles Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, expanded the Raj's territory at the expense of Brunei.

  • April 1898: Additional minor Padas territories were added to North Borneo in march 1898.

  • January 1906: Charles Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak, expanded the Raj's territory at the expense of Brunei.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1984: Brunei gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
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