1608 ⟶ Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post in Ayutthaya

The Dutch East India Company establishes a settlement in Sia...

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🚢 Dutch East India Company Established

The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established by merging competing Dutch trading companies. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.⟶

Dutch Golden AgeColonialismMercantilismGlobalizationEast IndiesTradeMonopolySpice TradeVOC

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India

China

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🚢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post in Ayutthaya

The Dutch East India Company establishes a settlement in Siamese Ayutthaya.⟶

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Thailand

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🏭 Dutch East India Company Establishes Factory in Hirado and Expands Trade

The Dutch East India Company establishes a factory in Hirado, Japan. VOC traders also make forays into South Sulawesi and Banjarmasin, Borneo.⟶

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🚢 VOC Establishes Governor-General in Asia

The VOC appoints Pieter Both as its first Governor-General to enable firmer control of their affairs in Asia. Previously all business had (in theory) required the approval of the Heeren XVII, a group of seventeen shareholders in Amsterdam.⟶

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Indonesia

🏢 Dutch East India Company Establishes Trading Post at Jayakarta

The Dutch establish a post at Jayakarta (later 'Batavia' and then 'Jakarta').⟶

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🚢 Dutch East India Company Begins Operations in Timor

The Dutch East India Company makes its first forays into Timor.⟶

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