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    Batavia was the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The area corresponds to present-day Jakarta, Indonesia. Batavia can refer to the city proper or its...
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    Dutch East Indies in 1610, and ended in 1800 when the bankrupt company was dissolved and its possessions were nationalized as the Dutch East Indies....
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    the Dutch East India Company killed ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia, Dutch East Indies, (present-day Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies...
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    Kota Tua Jakarta (redirect from Old Batavia)
    downtown area of Jakarta, Indonesia. It is also known as Oud Batavia (Dutch for "Old Batavia"), Benedenstad ("Lower City", contrasting it with Weltevreden...
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  • the Netherlands Batavia, Dutch East Indies, present-day Jakarta, the former capital of the Dutch East Indies (1619–1949) Old Batavia, the original downtown...
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    sailed that year on her maiden voyage for Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies. On 4 June 1629, Batavia was wrecked on the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain...
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    The French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies of the Dutch East Indies took place between 1806 and 1816. The French ruled between 1806 and...
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    The East Indies (or simply the Indies) is a term used in historical narratives of the Age of Discovery. The Indies broadly refers to various lands in the...
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    of the oldest and most prestigious hotels in Asia. Located in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, the hotel had accommodated countless famous patrons throughout...
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    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...
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    The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), was a Dutch colony with territory...
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    (disambiguation); Greater India; East India; East Indies; Dutch East Indies; Dutch India; Voorcompagnie; List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements...
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  • (Indonesian: "Bull's Field", formerly Waterloo Square (Dutch: Waterlooplein) in Batavia, Dutch East Indies) is a historic square located in a historic area...
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    Council) was an advisory, and later semi-legislative institution for the Dutch East Indies, provided for by law in 1916 but only established with the actual...
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    History of Jakarta (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    officially named as Batavia on January 18, 1621, from which the Dutch East Indies eventually ruled the entire region.[citation needed] Batavia under VOC control...
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    served as Grand Mufti of Batavia in 19th century of Dutch East Indies. Habib Uthman bin Yahya was born in Pekojan, Batavia in 1822 CE (17 Rabi' al-awwal...
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    Willem Anthony Engelbrecht (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    the originators of the so-called "Dutch Ethical Policy" in the Dutch East Indies. Engelbrecht was born in Batavia on 10 February 1839. He was the second...
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    The siege of Batavia was a military campaign led by Sultan Agung of Mataram to capture the Dutch port-settlement of Batavia in Java. The first attempt...
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    Reinout Willem van Bemmelen (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    Rein van Bemmelen, (14 April 1904 Batavia, Dutch East Indies – 19 November 1983 Unterpirkach, Austria) was a Dutch geologist whose interests were structural...
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    built during the colonial period in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. The idea for the creation of a theater in Batavia (the colonial name for Jakarta) came...
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    The Harmony Society (Dutch: Societeit de Harmonie) was an elite social club in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. It was the oldest clubhouse in Asia when it...
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    Mohammad Husni Thamrin (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    of the Dutch colony in the East Indies. After his death, he was regarded as an Indonesian National Hero. Thamrin was born in Weltevreden, Batavia (modern-day...
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    Abraham van Riebeeck (category Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies)
    his father moved to Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) in 1662, he sent Van Riebeeck and his brother to Holland. He studied law at...
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    Nederlandsch-Indische Escompto Maatschappij (category Defunct companies of the Dutch East Indies)
    Maatschappij (NIEM, lit. 'Dutch [East] Indies discount company') was a significant Dutch bank, founded in 1857 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. In the first half...
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    1935 KLM Bushehr incident (category CS1 Dutch-language sources (nl))
    DC-2 aircraft, registration PH-AKM, operated by KLM, flying from Batavia, Dutch East Indies with several stopovers to Schiphol, Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
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    landmark of the Molenvliet, a 17th-century built canal located in Batavia, the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). Marine Hotel was located at the south...
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    Khouw Kim An (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    Chinese") of Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta). The Chinese Mayoralty was the highest-ranking, Chinese government position in the East Indies with considerable...
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    Henri Maclaine Pont (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    Henri Maclaine Pont (Meester Cornelis, Batavia, 21 June 1884 – The Hague, 3 December 1971) was a Dutch architect and archaeologist active in Indonesia...
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    Frans Tutuhatunewa (category People from Batavia, Dutch East Indies)
    in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. He was preceded by Johan Manusama and succeeded by John Wattilete in 2010. Frans Tutuhatunewa's obituary (in Dutch) Setiawan...
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    Pembrita Betawi (category Defunct companies of the Dutch East Indies)
    (lit. 'Batavian Reporter') was a daily newspaper from Batavia (now Jakarta), Dutch East Indies, which was published from 1884 until 1916. It was established...
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