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Indonesia |
Indonesia: Historical Dates
| About
ad 400 |
Indonesia began to be
exposed to Indian culture and ideas. Hinduism was a primary influence on
Java, while Buddhism was predominant on Sumatra. |
| About 600 |
The Buddhist kingdom of
Sri Vijaya on Sumatra established itself as the preeminent power in the
region. |
| 1400s |
Islam spread from Malacca
(now Melaka) and other trading centers throughout Indonesia. |
| 1511 |
Portuguese forces took
command of trade through the Straits of Malacca and began opening
Indonesian ports to trade. |
| 1610 |
The Dutch established a
trading post on the site of modern Jakarta. |
| 1682 |
The Dutch East India
Company succeeded in establishing complete control over Indonesian
trade. It soon began to assume political control as well. |
| 1799 |
Control of Indonesia
passed from the Dutch East India Company to the Dutch government. |
| 1811 |
British forces occupied
Dutch territories in Indonesia during the Napoleonic Wars. The
territories were returned to the Netherlands in 1816. |
| 1870 |
The Dutch began to extend
their political control of Indonesia from Java and Sumatra to the rest
of the islands. |
| 1912 |
Indonesia's nationalist
movement was born. |
| 1942-1945 |
Japan occupied the
Netherlands Indies during World War II. |
| 1945 |
Nationalist leaders
Sukarno and Muhammad Hatta declared Indonesia's independence. The Dutch
refused to recognize the declaration. |
| 1949 |
The Netherlands formally
recognized Indonesian independence. |
| 1959 |
Sukarno assumed greater
powers and introduced his program of Guided Democracy. |
| 1963 |
Indonesia gained control
of West Irian, which was later renamed Irian Jaya. |
| 1965 |
An attempted coup was
crushed by General Suharto, who assumed broad powers the next year. |
| 1968 |
Suharto was named
president. |
| 1975 |
Indonesia invaded and
later annexed the former Portuguese colony of East Timor. |
| 1991 |
Pro-independence
demonstrators in East Timor were massacred by Indonesian soldiers. |
| 1998 |
Escalating riots and
protests against the government's handling of a severe economic crisis
force President Suharto to resign. |
| 1999 |
East Timor voted to
become independent. |
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