ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Dutch East Indies </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Indonesia"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2004-2007 --> </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 = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Indonesia <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xindonesia.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xindonesia.html"> <img src = "../banners/banindonesia.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 26th 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-5834279270464755"; 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"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; 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> </div> <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 : Dutch East Indies </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"> <BR><BR> 1800 <BR> 1802 <BR> 1806 <BR> 1806 <BR> 1807 <BR> 1808-1811 <BR> 1810 <BR> 1817 <BR> 1817 <BR> 1818 <BR> 1824 <BR> 1825-1830 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1830 <BR> 1832 <BR> 1834 <BR> 1838 <BR> 1838 <BR> 1843 <BR> 1845 <BR> 1849 <BR> 1851 <BR> 1854 <BR> 1854 <BR> 1857 <BR> 1859 / 1863 <BR> 1860 <BR> 1860 <BR> 1863 <BR> 1863 / 1866 <BR> 1864 <BR> 1870 <BR> 1873-1908 <BR> 1873 <BR> 1876 <BR> 1880 <BR> 1883 <BR> 1890 <BR> 1901 <BR> 1903 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1907 <BR> 1912 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1916 <BR> 1918 <BR> 1919 <BR> 1920 / 1924 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1924 <BR> 1925 <BR> 1925 <BR> 1927 <BR> 1929 <BR> 1933 <BR> 1934 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1936 <BR> 1938 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1940 <BR> 1941 <BR> 1942-1945 <BR> 1944 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1945 <BR> 1948-1949 <BR><BR> 1949 <BR><BR> <BR><BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> <A HREF = "tlvoc.html">Timeline V.O.C.</A> <BR><BR> V.O.C. formlly dissolved; Dutch govt. took over assets, debts <BR> Treaty of Amiens; British returned occupied Malacca, Moluccas to the Dutch <BR> Ministry of Colonies founded in NL <BR> British occupation of Bangka <BR> British occupation of Malacca <BR> Administration of Governor Daendels; reforms <BR> British occupation of the Moluccas <BR> Botanical garden at Bogor established <BR> Currency reform : Dutch East India Guilder introduced <BR> Slave trade on Java ended <BR> Anglo-Dutch treaty; Malacca ceded to the British <BR> Java War <BR> Introduction of theCultuurstelsel (Cultivation System) <BR> Begin of Indigo cultivation on Java <BR> First steamboat arrived in the Dutch East Indies <BR> Dutch East Indian Army formed <BR> The Dutch deposed the Sultan of Jailolo and annexed Halmahera <BR> Sultan of Jambi recognized Dutch sovereignty <BR> Padri War ended; Dutch annexed Minangkabau <BR> Dutch expedition against Flores <BR> Rajah of Lombok recognized Dutch sovereignty <BR> Begin of vanilla cultivation on Java <BR> Dutch took Palembang <BR> Begin of tin mining on Biliton; Chinese workers brought in <BR> Regulations concerning gvernment (in the colonies) passed by Dutch parliament <BR> Currency reform; Dutch East India Guilder decimalized <BR> First telegraph line in D.E.I. opened, connecting Batavia and Buitenzorg <BR> Slavery in D.E.I. banned <BR> Multatuli (Eduard Douwes Dekker) published "Max Havelaar" <BR> Dutch annexed Sultanate of Banjermasin <BR> Tobacco cultivation introduced to Sumatra <BR> End of Cultuurstelsel <BR> First postage stamp for D.E.I. issued <BR> Steamer line connecting NL, D.E.I. via Suez Canal began operation <BR> Conquest of Aceh <BR> Begin of railway construction on Java <BR> Rubber cultivation introduced on Java <BR> Coolie Ordinnance regulated treatment of workers <BR> Eruption of Krakatau <BR> Oil production on Sumatra began <BR> Queen Wilhelmina announced an Ethical Policy regarding the administration of D.E.I. <BR> First elections held on Java <BR> First trade union in D.E.I. founded, for railway workers <BR> Royal Dutch Shell formed <BR> Sarekat Islam founded <BR> D.E.I. Army organized an airforce <BR> Koloniale Raad (Colonial Council) established; later renamed Volksraad (People's Council) <BR> Dutch government promised self-determination for D.E.I., without setting a date <BR> Air connection Batavia-Amsterdam opened by KLM <BR> Communist Party of Indonesia emerged from Indies Social Democratic Association (est. 1914) <BR> PNI founded <BR> Technical Highschool established at Banten (Bandung) <BR> Airmail connection Amsterdam-Batavia opened <BR> New consitution for D.E.I. <BR> First radio station opened in Batavia <BR> Volksraad requested negotiations aiming for self-government <BR> Indonesians gained majority in the Volksraad <BR> Mutiny of the "Zeven Provincien" <BR> Begin of protectionist policy to keep out cheap Japanese imports <BR> The Dutch East Indies left the Gold Standard <BR> Dutch government rejected petition for autonomy for D.E.I. <BR> Autonomy for the D.E.I. rejected a second time by the Dutch government <BR> Netherlands occupied by the Germans; exile govt. formed, D.E.I. loyal to exile govt. <BR> Indonesian militia formed, by Volksraad decision <BR> Japanese occupation <BR> The Japanese, in order to gain support of Indonesians, promised independence <BR> Indonesia proclaimed independence <BR> Bahasa Indonesia declared official language <BR> British landed, establishd British Military Administration <BR> "Police Actions"; attempt by the Dutch to restore colonial rule against resistance of <BR> independence fighters <BR> Dutch East Indies, except for <A HREF = "../pacific/tlirianjaya.html">West New Guinea</A>, released into independence; country <BR> renamed Indonesia <BR> <BR> <A HREF = "tlindonesia.html">Timeline Indonesia</A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <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 = "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"> An Online Timeline of the Histoy of Indonesia, from <A HREF = "http://www.gimonca.com/sejarah/sejarah.shtml"><B> Serajah Indonesia</B></A> <BR> Indonesia History, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/south_east_asia/indonesia/history.htm"><B> Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> Timeline, from <A HREF = "http://users.skynet.be/network.indonesia/ni6001.htm"><B>Network Indonesia</B></A> <BR> A Global History of Currencies : <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/153.html"><B> Indonesia</B></A>, posted by Bryan Taylor <BR> World Statesmen : <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Indonesia.htm"><B>Indonesia</B></A>, by Ben Cahoon <BR> </font></TD> </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> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <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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