Timeline

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1880

First Street in Ipoh (Hugh Low Street) - 1881

Sir Frank Swettenham succeeded Sir Hugh Low as British Resident of Perak - 1889

1890

Tin Capital of the World - 1890

Great Fire of Ipoh - 1892

Ipoh became a Town - 1893

First Fire Engine - 1893

Japanese Communities in Perak - 1893

Perak became Federated Malay State - 1895

1900

Coronation of King Edward VII - 1901

Eu Tong Sen owns first car - 1902

First Law firm in Malaya (Maxwell & Kenion - 1905

Limited Public Electricity Supply - 1906

Death of Empress Dowager - 1908

Death of Guangxu Emperor - 1908

New Town Development - 1909

1910

Coronation of King George V - 1910

Chinese Revolution. Fall of Qing Dynasty - 1911

First Public Bus Service (Paloh - Gopeng) - 1913

Tin price free fall - 1918

1920

Whampoa Military Academy inaugurated - 1924

Great Flood of Ipoh - 1925

Death of Dr Sun Yat Sen - 1925

Northern Expedition by Gen Chiang Kai Shek - 1926

1930

First air service (Wearne Brothers) - 1930

Coronation of King George VI - 1936

First Traffic Light - 1937

Second Sino Japanese War - 1937

First Street Light - 1938

1940

Imperial Japanese Army in Ipoh - 1941