
Now, I am presenting the second part for my readers. Go through and I am sure you will like it.
1750 –Scattered Orang Asli homesites dotted the Klang and Gombak river confluence area. The name Kuala Lumpur, which means “muddy confluence” in Bahasa Melayu, became the most commonly used.
1826 – British signed a secret treaty with the king of Siam through which they gain ownership of Penang by acknowledging Siamese ownership of several northern Malaysian territories.
1829 – Three hundred kilometers south to Kuala Lumpur, at the tip of the Malaysian peninsula, Sir Stamford Raffles arranged an accord with local ruler Tengku Hussein to establish a trading post at Singapore.
1857 – Many new tin mines were established around Ampang, near Kuala Lumpur.
1860 – A large Orang Asli community used to thrive around the rowdy Chinese tin miner’s camp on the Kuala Lumpur site.
1868 – Politician Yap ah Loy brought first municipal organization to Kuala Lumpur.
1874 – The British government convinced the Sultan of Selangor to accept a British Citizenship.
1880 – The British administrative seat was moved inland from Klang to Kuala Lumpur.
1885 – Many wooden buildings in Kuala Lumpur were replaced with brick structures.
1887 – The first Moorish Islamic Buildings were erected in Kuala Lumpur.
1896 – The Federated Malay States were formed with British protection and Kuala Lumpur was the first capital. The federation included just the four Malaysian states nearest Kuala Lumpur.
1896 – Under the guidance of the British Resident Frank Swettenham, the Selangor Turf Club was founded to present horse races on the current site of the PETRONAS Towers.