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Entangled histories

7 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · IDN LEFT · NLD RIGHT

1. 20 Mar 1602

   Founding of the Dutch East India Company (VOC)

   The Dutch Republic charters the VOC with sweeping powers to trade, wage war and govern, launching nearly two centuries of company rule in the Indies.

   Colonisation · from the Indonesia chronicle · Portuguese and Dutch Colonialism and the VOC · REFS 1 — Dutch East India Company

2. 31 Dec 1799

   Dissolution of the VOC

   Bankrupt after decades of war, debt and corruption, the VOC is dissolved and its possessions pass to the Dutch state, ushering in direct colonial rule.

   Politics & Power · from the Indonesia chronicle · Portuguese and Dutch Colonialism and the VOC · REFS 1 — Dutch East India Company

3. 1830

   The Cultivation System

   The Dutch impose the Cultuurstelsel, forcing Javanese peasants to grow export crops for the colonial state; it enriches the Netherlands while causing widespread hardship and local famines.

   Economy & Trade · from the Indonesia chronicle · The Dutch East Indies and the National Awakening · REFS 2 — History of Indonesia (Islamic influence; Dutch rule), Indonesian National Awakening

4. 1942

   Japanese occupation of the Indies

   Japan conquers the Dutch East Indies, ending Dutch rule; its occupation brings forced labour and hardship but also mobilises and arms Indonesian nationalists.

   War & Rupture · from the Indonesia chronicle · Japanese Occupation, Independence and the Revolution · REFS 2 — Indonesia (toward independence; Japanese occupation; after Suharto), Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies

5. 1945–1949

   The Indonesian National Revolution

   Indonesians wage a four-year armed and diplomatic struggle against Dutch attempts to reimpose colonial rule, enduring two major Dutch offensives and heavy losses.

   War & Rupture · from the Indonesia chronicle · Japanese Occupation, Independence and the Revolution · REFS 1 — Indonesia Regains Its Independence (Research Starters)

6. 27 Dec 1949

   Indonesian independence

   After a violent four-year war, the Netherlands transfers sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of Indonesia.

   Independence · from the Netherlands chronicle · The World Wars, Decolonisation and the Modern Netherlands · REFS 2 — Netherlands, Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia, 1945–1950

7. 27 Dec 1949

   Recognition of sovereignty

   Following the Round Table Conference in The Hague, the Netherlands formally transfers sovereignty and recognises the independence of Indonesia.

   Independence · from the Indonesia chronicle · Japanese Occupation, Independence and the Revolution · REFS 2 — Indonesia Regains Its Independence (Research Starters), Proclamation of Indonesian Independence