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🏢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post at Jayakarta

The Dutch establish a post at Jayakarta (later 'Batavia' and then 'Jakarta').
Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post at Jayakarta (1611)
Dutch East India CompanyColonialismTradeSpice TradeBataviaVOC
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlands

⚔️ Dutch Sack Banjarmasin After Trader's Death

A Dutch trader is killed in Banjarmasin and the Dutch East India Trading Company sacks the city.
Dutch Sack Banjarmasin After Trader's Death (1611)
Dutch East India CompanyColonialismTradeMilitary ConflictViolenceSpice Trade
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlands

⚔️ Dutch East India Company Conflicts with the Kingdom of Gowa

The Dutch East India Company is in open hostilities with the Kingdom of Gowa, South Sulawesi.
Dutch East India Company Conflicts with the Kingdom of Gowa (1615)
Dutch East India CompanyVOCColonialismTradeWarfareMilitary Conflict
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlands

⚔️ Execution of Dutch Traders in Jepara by Mataram Forces

Dispute leads to the execution of Dutchmen in Mataram-controlled Jepara.
Execution of Dutch Traders in Jepara by Mataram Forces (1618)
Dutch East India CompanyVOCMataram SultanateColonialismTradeConflict
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlands

⚔️ Dutch East India Company Storms Jayakarta and Establishes Batavia

The Dutch East India Company storm Jayakarta and withstand a months-long siege by the combined English, Bantenese and Jayakartan forces. They are relieved by Jan Pieterszoon Coen and a fleet of ships from Ambon. The dutch destroys Jayakarta and builds its new headquarters, Batavia, on top of it.
Dutch East India Company Storms Jayakarta and Establishes Batavia (1619)
Dutch East India CompanyColonialismSiegeMilitary ConflictTradeBataviaJan Pieterszoon Coen
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlandsUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

⚔️ Surabaya Uprising Against the Dutch East India Company

Surabaya rebels against the VOC.
Surabaya Uprising Against the Dutch East India Company (1717)
ColonialismRebellionVOCDutch East India CompanyMilitary ConflictResistance
IndonesiaIndonesiaNetherlandsNetherlands