BruneiandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSMalaysia

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BRN LEFT · MYS RIGHT

1. 1841

   James Brooke becomes Raja of Sarawak

   The Sultan of Brunei appoints the Englishman James Brooke raja of Sarawak, founding the 'White Raja' dynasty and beginning the absorption of the Borneo territories into the British sphere.

   Colonisation · from the Malaysia chronicle · European Powers and the Making of British Malaya · REFS 1 — Malaysia: Malaya and northern Borneo under British control

2. 8 December 1962

   The Brunei revolt

   The Parti Rakyat Brunei's armed wing launches an uprising against the sultanate and the Malaysia plan; British forces crush it within days, and the party is banned.

   War & Rupture · from the Brunei chronicle · The 1962 Revolt, Independence, and the Modern Sultanate · REFS 1 — History of Brunei

3. 1963

   Brunei stays out of Malaysia

   Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III decides not to join the new Federation of Malaysia, keeping Brunei on a separate course toward eventual independence.

   Politics & Power · from the Brunei chronicle · The 1962 Revolt, Independence, and the Modern Sultanate · REFS 1 — History of Brunei