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Monday, August 2, 2021

Basic timeline of Brunei

This post is a basic timeline of Brunei. There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• Bruneian Empire (1368-1888)
• Magellan and Portugal arrive (1519-1522)
• Castilian War (1578)
• Brunei Civil War (1660-1673)
• Britain occupies Brunei (1888-1984)
• Petroleum is discovered (1929)
• Japan occupies Brunei (1942-1945)
• Borneo campaign (1945)
• Brunei revolt (1962)
• Brunei gains independence (1984)

(This post includes any nation or civilization that occupied at least a portion of Brunei at some point. Unless specified otherwise, the dates correspond to when a nation or civilization existed, but do not necessarily correspond to occupation of Brunei.)