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Negara Brunei Darussalam History Timeline

Events in Negara Brunei Darussalam History

Kingdom of Sarawak

1841-09-24 British adventurer James Brooke obtains lands around the Sarawak river from the Sultan of Brunei

  • 1945-06-09 -10] Australian troops land in Brunei Bay, North Borneo
  • 1959-09-29 Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution
  • 1962-12-08 Attempted coup in British-controlled Brunei
  • 1967-10-04 Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
  • 1968-08-01 The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah, the 29th Sultan of Brunei.
  • 1983-12-31 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
  • 1984-01-01 Brunei becomes independent of UK
  • 1984-01-07 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • 1998-08-10 The Royal Proclamation of HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah as the Crown Prince of Brunei.

Famous People from Negara Brunei Darussalam

  • 1908-06-04 Tony Giffard, 3rd Earl of Halsbury, British peer and scientist (d. 2000)
  • 1914-09-23 Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986)
  • 1946-07-15 Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei (1967-), born in Brunei Town, Brunei
  • 1946-10-07 Pengiran Anak Saleha, Queen of Brunei, born in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
  • 1974-03-03 Paula Malai Ali, Malaysian-Bruneian TV Presenter and Actress
  • 1979-10-10 Wu Chun, Bruneian-Taiwanese actor (The Butterfly Lovers), born in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei