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8 matches to Straits Settlements
Malacca. (Melaka). 1403 Malay. 1511 Portugal. 1641 Dutch. 1795 British, «Straits Settlements. 1946 Malaya. 1963 Malaysia.
Singapore. 13-14C Malay city. 1377 Javanese destroy. 1819 Raffles refounds. 1867 «Straits Settlements. 1942-45 Japanese occupy. 1946 British Crown Colony. 1963 Federation of Malaysia. 1965 Independent republic.
Straits Settlements. British colony in SE Asia 1795-1946. Malacca, Penang, Singapore.
Hercules, Pillars of. Straits of Gibraltar.
Magellan, Ferdinand. c1480-1521 Portuguese navigator. Died leading first circumnavigation of the world. Discovered Straits of Magellan 1520.
Montreux Convention. 1936. Abolished 1923 Straits Convention. Straits Question.
Straits Convention. 1841-1923. Banned warships from Dardanelles in peacetime.
Unkiar Skelessi, Treaty. 1833-41. Russia/Ottoman mutual defence alliance. Straits Convention.