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Timeline of the start of British Singapore:
28th January 1819- The British landed on Singapore
29th January 1819- Raffles & Farquhar went to see the Temenggong Abdul Rahman
6th February 1819- The British publicly recognised Tengku Hussein as the rightful Sultan and the Temenggong singned a treaty with the British to build a settlement on Singapore in exchange for the Sultan to have a paid allowance of $5,000 a year while the Temenggong a paid allowance of $3,000 a year.
1819-1824- The Dutch was angry with the British for setting up Singapore as a settlement in Singapore and fears of a war grew
1824- The Anglo-Dutch Treaty was signed
2 August 1824- Singapore's second resident John Crawford signed a treaty for the British to gain complete control of the island