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The Dutch East Indies produced most of the world's supply of quinine and pepper, over a third of its rubber, a quarter of its coconut products, and a fifth of its tea, sugar, coffee and oil. The profit from the Dutch East Indies made the Netherlands one of the world's most significant colonial powers. [29]
The Dutch East Indies (1800–1949) — also known as the Netherlands East Indies, a former colony in Southeast Asia. The colonial predecessor of the present day nation of Indonesia and the Malacca state of Malaysia in Maritime Southeast Asia .
In 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, northwest Java. The official East Indies government, however, was not created until Pieter Both was made governor-general in 1610. In that same year, Ambon Island was made headquarters of the VOC's East Indies. Batavia was made the capital from 1619 onward. [3]
The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now mostly the modern state of Indonesia.The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which ceded Dutch Malacca, a governorate of the Dutch East Indies that was transferred to Great Britain has consolidated modern-day rule to the Malacca state of Malaysia.
Dutch East Indies; No. Portrait Name Took office Left office Monarch; 1 Pieter Gerardus van Overstraten (1755–1801) 16 August 1796 22 August 1801 Batavian Republic
The Dutch East Indies campaign of 1941–1942 was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces of the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II. Allied forces attempted unsuccessfully to defend the islands. The East Indies were targeted by the Japanese for their rich oil resources which ...
In 1800, five years after the French invasion, the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)) was declared bankrupt and nationalised by the Dutch government. As a result, its assets, which included seaports, storehouses, fortifications, settlements, lands and plantations in the East Indies were nationalised as a ...
The Dutch East Indies (1800–1949). See also Category:Dutch East India Company people. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total