ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Irian Jaya</title> <META name="keywords" content="Western Papua, Netherlands' New Guinea, Nederlands Nieuw Guinea"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Irian Jaya <BR> Main Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xirianjaya.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xirianjaya.html"> <img src = "../banners/banirianjaya.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../seasia/xindonesia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Indonesia </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 21st 2004, last revised on November 27th 2004 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Irian Jaya (Western Papua) </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> c. 60,000 B.C. <BR> 1526 <BR><BR> 1546 <BR> 1606 <BR> 1660 <BR> 1678 <BR> 1714 <BR> 1793 <BR> 1798 <BR> 1828 <BR> 1848 <BR> 1855 <BR> 1895 <BR> 1905-1917 <BR> 1910 <BR> 1942 <BR> 1942-1945 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1946 <BR><BR> 1949 <BR><BR> 1961 <BR><BR> 1961 <BR> 1962 <BR><BR> 1963 <BR><BR> 1963 <BR> 1967 <BR> 1968 <BR> 1969 <BR><BR> 1973 <BR> 1977- <BR> 1998 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> New Guinea settled by Melanesians <BR> Portuguese Jorge de Meneses first European to visit the island, called it "Ilha dos <BR> Papuas" <BR> Spanish navigator Inigo Ortiz de Retes named main island Nueva Guinea <BR> Spanish navigator Torres sailed through Torres Strait <BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tlvoc.html">V.O.C.</A> recgnized sovereignty of Sultan of Tidore over Papuan Islands <BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tlvoc.html">V.O.C.</A> hoisted flag at west coast <BR> Sultan of Tidore ceded sovereignty over Papuan Islands to <A HREF = "../seasia/tlvoc.html">V.O.C.</A> <BR> First Dutch settlement on Vogelkop peninsula, abandoned 1795 <BR> Following bankrupcy of <A HREF = "../seasia/tlvoc.html">V.O.C.</A>, Dutch government took over her colonial possessions <BR> Dutch settlement established at Triton Bay, abandoned 1836; Dutch claimed SW coast <BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tldei.html">Dutch East India</A> formally claimed western half of New Guinea <BR> Arrival of first missionaries <BR> Treaty of Den Haag; border with British New Guinea established <BR> Most of Dutch New Guinea mapped by military expeditions <BR> Hollandia founded as administrative center of Ndl. New Guinea <BR> Japanese occupation of most of Dutch New Guinea <BR> Angganita (West Papuan resistance movement) fought Japanese occupation <BR> Hollandia retaken by Allies in Island hopping campaign <BR> Administration of Netherlands' New Guinea formally handed over to the Dutch, by <BR> allied military asdministration <BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tlindonesia.html">Indonesia</A> granted independence; the Dutch held on to Netherlands' New Guinea, <BR> Seat of administration Hollandia. <BR> Indonesian President Sukarno issud Trikura Ultimatum, demanding NL to cede Ndl. <BR> New Guinea to Indonesia <BR> West Papuan Council elected <BR> The Dutch handed over the administration of New Guina to U.N.T.E.A. (United Nations <BR> Temporary Executive Authority)<BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tlindonesia.html">Indonesia</A> assumed the administration of formerly Dutch New Guinea; Hollandia <BR> renamed Sukarnapura <BR> OPM resistance movement founded <BR> Freeport, a U.S. based mining company, began to operate in Irian Jaya <BR> U.N. observer stationed in Sukarnapura, West New Guinea <BR> <A HREF = "../seasia/tlindonesia.html">Indonesia</A> fully integrated West New Guinea, claimed this to have happened by the free <BR> choice of her people. Hollandia renamed Jayapura <BR> West New Guinea renamed Irian Jaya <BR> Indonesian forces sent in to suppress OPM Rebellion <BR> Ceasefire agreed upon by government forces, OPM rebels <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Signficant dates in Irian / New Guinea History, posted by <A HREF = "http://www.irja.org/history/chronology.htm"><B>Irja.org</B></A> <BR> The History of the Return of Irian Jaya to Indonesia, from <A HREF = "http://www.indonesia.nl/articles.php?rank=5&art_cat_id=53"><B> Indonesia.nl</B></A> <BR> Irian Jaya, a troubled history, from <A HREF = "http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/587064.stm"><B>BBC News</B></A> <BR> Irian Jaya History, from <A HREF = "http://www.thejakartapost.com/special/os_8_history.asp"><B>Jakarta Post</B></A> <BR> A brief history of West Papua, by <A HREF = "http://www.converge.org.nz/wpapua/history.html"><B>K. Peart</B></A> <BR> Article Jayapura, from <A HREF = "http://www.greatestcities.com/Asia/Indonesia/Jayapura_Djajapura_town.html"><B> greatestcities.com</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; visible = "1"; path_to_counterfile = "http://www.zum.de/whkmla/counter/counter.php"; urlhp = "http://www.zum.de"; //////////////// url = unescape(location.href); file = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(urlhp) + urlhp.length, url.length); file = (file.charAt(0) != "/") ? 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