George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and...

Sir Frank Athelstane Swettenham GCMG CH (28 March 1850 – 11 June 1946) was a British colonial administrator who became the first Resident...

Lee Guan Swee (1871 – 1938), a.k.a. Lee Guan-swee, Lee Guan Sui, Li Guan-sui and Li Guan Sui was born in Ankoay, Fujian in 1871. He was...

Teh Lay Seng was a prominent businessman in Ipoh who had contributed most of his wealth to the local community in Perak, the British...

The National Revolutionary Army (NRA), sometimes shortened to Revolutionary Army (革命軍) before 1928, and as National Army (國軍) after 1928,...

15th - 19th Century When the Ming dynasty in China fell, Chinese refugees fled south and settled extensively in the Cham lands and...

2737 BC According to legend, Emperor Shen Nung was sitting under a tree (Camellia Sinensis), while his servant boiled some drinking...

The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of...

Sir William Hood Treacher KCMG (1 December 1849 – 3 May 1919) was a British colonial administrator in Borneo and the Straits Settlements....

The title of Dato’ Panglima Kinta originated during the reign of Sultan Mudzaffar Shah IIin 1636. For services rendered, Tok Chandang,...

Sultan Abdul Jalil Karamatullah Nasiruddin Mukhataram Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah KCMG (23 April...

Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Raja Bendahara Alang Iskandar Teja GCMG GCVO (19 June 1849 − 14 January 1916) was the...

Sultan Iskandar Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Idris Murshidul Azzam Shah Rahmatullah GCMG KCVO (10 May 1876 – 14 August 1938) was the 30th...

Sun Yat-sen (12 November 1866 – 12 March 1925) was a Chinese politician, physician and philosopher who provisionally served as the first...

Tang Jiyao (simplified Chinese: 唐继尧; traditional Chinese: 唐繼堯; pinyin: Táng Jìyáo; Wade–Giles: T'ang Chi-yao) (August 14, 1883 – May 23, 1927) was a Chinese general and warlord of Yunnan during the Warlord Era of early Republican China. He was military governor of Yunnan from 1913-27. Tang was born in Huize county in 1883 in what is Qujing, Yunnan province. He passed the Imperial examination in 1903 and was selected by the Qing government to study military theory at Tokyo Sh

Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas GCMG GCStJ (10 October 1879 – 15 January 1962), commonly known as Sir Shenton Thomas, was the last...

Leong Sin Nam 梁燊南 (20 April 1880 – 19 January 1940), alias Leong Sin, Leung Sin, Leong Sin Hee,[1] was a Malaysian businessman. He...