The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819_Singapore_Treaty" id="mwTQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1819 Singapore Treaty">Treaty of Singapore</a> was signed by Sir <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Stamford_Raffles" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Stamford Raffles">Thomas Stamford Raffles</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_Shah_of_Johor" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hussein Shah of Johor">Hussein Shah of Johor</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temenggong_Abdul_Rahman" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Temenggong Abdul Rahman">Temenggong Abdul Rahman</a>, and it is now recognised as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_years_of_modern_Singapore" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Founding years of modern Singapore">founding of modern Singapore</a>.<sup about="#mwt58" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"}}' id="cite_ref-9" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_6#cite_note-9" id="mwUg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 9;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwUw">[9]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-9"><cite about="#mwt55" class="citation web cs1" id="mwCC0"><a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220914183535/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_131_2005-01-03.html" id="mwCC4" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Stamford Raffles's landing in Singapore"</a>. <i id="mwCC8">Singapore Infopedia</i>. <a href="./National_Library_Board" id="mwCDA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Library Board">National Library Board</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Singapore_Government" id="mwCDE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Singapore Government">Singapore Government</a>. Archived from <a class="external text" href="https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_131_2005-01-03.html" id="mwCDI" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">the original</a> on 14 September 2022. <q id="mwCDM">6 Feb 1819: The Singapore Treaty is signed between Raffles, the Sultan and the Temenggong, with commanders from the accompanying seven ships witnessing the event... The Union Jack is officially raised. This date is recognised as the official founding of Singapore.</q></cite><span about="#mwt55" class="Z3988" id="mwCDQ" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Singapore+Infopedia&amp;rft.atitle=Stamford+Raffles%27s+landing+in+Singapore&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feresources.nlb.gov.sg%2Finfopedia%2Farticles%2FSIP_131_2005-01-03.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+6"></span></span>