# data[].attributes.body
6 February 1819 - Sir Stamford Raffles of British East India Company establishes trading post on Singapore island.

# data[].attributes.body
1826 - Singapore, Malacca and Penang become British colony of the Straits Settlements.

# data[].attributes.body
1832 - Singapore becomes capital of Straits Settlements. The port attracts thousands of migrants from China, India and other parts of Asia.

# data[].attributes.body
In 1867 - is the year of the Straits Settlements strat to become the crown colony of British Empire.

# data[].attributes.body
1869 - is the year when the Suez Canal opens, and trade the booms.

# data[].attributes.body
1922 - is the year when Singapore becomes the main British naval base in East Asia.

# data[].attributes.body
1941 - is the year when the World War II begain and the year when Japan bombs Singapore.

# data[].attributes.body
1942 - is the year when Singapore falls to Japan, which renames it Syonan (Light of the South).

# data[].attributes.body
1945 - it's the year when Japan defeated by Singapore under the British military administration.

# data[].attributes.body
1946 - is the year when Singapore becomes separate by the crown colony.

# data[].attributes.body
1959 - Self-government attained with Lee Kuan Yew as prime minister.

# data[].attributes.body
1963 - is the year when Singapore joins the Federation of Malaya, Sabah (North Borneo), and Sarawak in the Federation of Malaysia.

# data[].attributes.body
1965 - Singapore pulls out of the Federation of Malaysia, at Malaysia's invitation, amid political and ethnic tensions. The territory becomes an independent republic and joins the United Nations.