Events in Sarawak History
Kingdom of Sarawak
1841-09-24 British adventurer James Brooke obtains lands around the Sarawak river from the Sultan of Brunei
- 1857-02-18 Chinese residents in the fledging state of Sarawak rebel against the "White Rajah" James Brooke
- 1941-12-16 Sarawak occupied by Japanese forces
The Cession of Sarawak
1946-07-01 The last White Rajah, Charles Vyner Brooke cedes Sarawak to the British Crown
- 1949-12-04 Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
- 1963-07-22 Sarawak achieves independence from British colonial rule
Federation of Malaysia
1963-09-16 Federation of Malaysia formed by Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak
- 2019-09-10 Malaysia's National Disaster Management Agency delivers half a million face masks to Sarawak state, after more than 930,000 hectares (about 2.3 million acres) burnt in Indonesia cause hazardous levels of air pollution
Famous People from Sarawak
James Brooke (1803-1868)
1803-04-29 British adventurer and 1st Rajah of Sarawak (1841-68), born in Bandel, near Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Charles Brooke (1829-1917)
1829-06-03 2nd White Rajah of Sarawak (1868-1917), born in Burnham-on-Sea, England
Charles Vyner Brooke (1874-1963)
1874-09-26 3rd and last White Rajah of Sarawak (1917-46), born in London, England
- 1885-02-25 Sylvia Brett, Lady Brooke and Ranee of Sarawak, born in London, England (d. 1971)
- 1900-07-19 Roscoe [Charles Barnet] Harvey, British soldier, born in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo (d. 1996)
- 1936-05-21 Abdul Taib Mahmud, 4th Chief Minister of Sarawak (1981-2014) and 7th Governor of Sarawak (2014-24), born in Miri, Kingdom of Sarawak (d. 2024)
- 1977-02-26 James Wan, Malaysian-Australian film director (Saw, The Conjuring), born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
- 1981-11-29 Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor, born in Sarawak, Malaysia
- 1987-02-05 Henry Golding, Malaysian actor (Crazy Rich Asians), born in Betong, Sarawak, Malaysia
Famous Malaysians
Guy Sebastian
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Michelle Yeoh
Najib Razak
Tony Fernandes
Tunku Abdul Rahman