Light, the negotiations successfully concluded, takes formal…
August 1786 CE
He now renames the island the Prince of Wales Island in honor of the heir to the British throne, and establishes the settlement of George Town at the northeastern tip of the island in honor of King George III.
George Town is Britain's first settlement in Southeast Asia, and is one of the first establishments of the British Empire after the loss of its North American colonies.
In Malaysian history, the occasion marks the beginning of more than a century of British involvement in Malaya.
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Arab people
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Minangkabau people
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British people
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Britain, Kingdom of Great
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East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies)
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Kedah, Malay sultanate of
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British Malaya
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Siam, (Rattanakosin) Kingdom of
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