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The Sultanate of Johor used Singapore as a trading port for a while in the 16th and 17th centuries, however the Portuguese burnt that port city down in the early 1600s. The island remained pretty much forgotten until Sir Raffles arrived and set up a British trading post.
Singapore was found in 1819.
Singapore was colonised by the British in 1819.
The East India Company established a trading post on modern Singapore in 1819, but local empires were established in the areas as far back as the 2nd century CE.
Singapore Stone was created in 1819.
Singapore Post was created in 1819.
He made Singapore a successful and properous, free port. He made a town too. He also had many schools named after him.
The British fleet lead by Sir Stamford Raffles arrived in Singapore in 1819.
Singapore was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles on 29th January 1819.
28 Jan 1819
6 February 1819
28th January 1819 as on a plaque of the statue of Raffles on the bank of Singapore River