{"slug": "jakarta", "label": "Jakarta", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3630", "qid": "Q3630", "description": "capital and largest city of Indonesia", "entries": 23, "years": 23, "span": [1527, 2025], "span_label": ["1527 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "indonesia", "label": "Indonesia", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "dutch-east-indies", "label": "Dutch East Indies", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "dutch-east-india-company", "label": "Dutch East India Company", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "cape-of-good-hope", "label": "Cape of Good Hope", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "japan", "label": "Japan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tokyo", "label": "Tokyo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-republic", "label": "Dutch Republic", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "indian-ocean", "label": "Indian Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sukarno", "label": "Sukarno", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "australia", "label": "Australia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "malaysia", "label": "Malaysia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1527, "year_label": "1527 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Jakarta, modern-day capital of Indonesia, is founded as Jayakarta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366980186#April–June", "title": "1527", "revid": 1366980186, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1621, "year_label": "1621 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The Dutch East India Company formally names its fortress at Jayakarta in Indonesia, calling it Batavia. Upon the independence of the Dutch East Indies as Indonesia in 1945, Batavia will be renamed Jakarta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358440931#January–March", "title": "1621", "revid": 1358440931, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1622, "year_label": "1622 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – The English ship Tryall, which left Plymouth, England for Batavia (now Jakarta), wrecks on the Tryal Rocks, nine months later (the wreck is discovered in 1969).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366857889#April–June", "title": "1622", "revid": 1366857889, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1627, "year_label": "1627 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 10", "text": "April 10 – The t Gulden Zeepaert reaches Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371072250#April–June", "title": "1627", "revid": 1371072250, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Japanese wives and children of Dutch and British people from Hirado are sent to Batavia (Asian headquarters of the VOC, renamed Jakarta by the Japanese around three centuries later) on Dutch ships.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#Date_unknown", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 30", "text": "January 30 – Dutch explorer Abel Tasman departs from Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Jakarta in Indonesia) on his second major expedition for the Dutch East India Company, to map the north coast of Australia. Tasman commands three ships, Limmen, Zeemeeuw and Braek, and returns to Batavia at the beginning of August with no major discoveries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#January–March", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – A violent storm in the Indian Ocean strikes a fleet of seven ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) as they are traveling back to the Dutch Republic from Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). Three of the freighters— Wapen van Holland, Gekroonde Leeuw and Prins Willem — are lost with all hands. The ships Vogel Phoenix, Maarsseveen and Prinses Royal make their way back to the Netherlands. The other ship, the freighter Arnhem remains afloat and its roughly 80 survivors are able to evacuate in boats to search for land.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988036#January–March", "title": "1662", "revid": 1365988036, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1694, "year_label": "1694 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – The ship Ridderschap van Holland is lost at sea, having departed the Cape of Good Hope with a crew of 300, with a destination of Batavia (modern-day Jakarta in Indonesia), normally a voyage of two months. It never arrives and is never seen again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353084901#January–March", "title": "1694", "revid": 1353084901, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1724, "year_label": "1724 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – The Dutch East India Company cargo ship Fortuyn, on its maiden voyage, departs from the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa after a layover of 16 days following its arrival from the Netherlands. With a crew of 225 commanded by Pieter Westrik, the ship departs for Batavia in the Dutch East Indies and is never seen again.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372325153#January–March", "title": "1724", "revid": 1372325153, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – Mattheus de Haan becomes the new Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia), governing until his death on June 1, 1729 in Batavia (modern Jakarta).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#July–September", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1728, "year_label": "1728 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – The 82 survivors of the wreckage of the Dutch East India Company frigate Zeewijk arrive in the new ship that they had built, Sloepie, at their original destination of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta in Indonesia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363462071#April–June", "title": "1728", "revid": 1363462071, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1740, "year_label": "1740 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 9", "text": "October 9–22 – Batavia Massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre at least 10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362733434#October–December", "title": "1740", "revid": 1362733434, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – The Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#November", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – Indonesian president Sukarno survives a grenade attack at the Cikini School in Jakarta, but several children are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371361971#November", "title": "1957", "revid": 1371361971, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in Jakarta, to protest the formation of Malaysia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#September", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1966, "year_label": "1966 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 29", "text": "June 29 – Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Indonesian politician, governor of Jakarta", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370246126#June", "title": "1966", "revid": 1370246126, "section": "Births › June"}}, {"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – Taman Mini Indonesia Indah opens to the public in Jakarta, Indonesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#April", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 19", "text": "October 19 – Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#October", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 17", "text": "July 17 – Two bombs exploded separately at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 9 people (including 2 suicide bombers) and injuring 53.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#July", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18–September 2 – The 2018 Asian Games are held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#August", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "March 24", "text": "March 24 – The first phase of Jakarta's MRT system opened with its first line.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#March", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Flash floods struck Jakarta, Indonesia, killing 66 people in the worst flooding in over a decade.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#January", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – A report published by the United Nations shows that Indonesian capital Jakarta has surpassed Japanese capital Tokyo as the world's largest city, with a population of 42 million people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#November", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › November"}}]}