Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
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6 dated entries naming Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, drawn from 6 separate years between 1610 CE and 1750 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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17th century
- 1610December 19 – Pieter Both becomes the first Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (now the Republic of Indonesia), serving until 1614.source
- 1636January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and will serve until his death in 1645.source
- 1681November 25 – Cornelis Speelman of the Netherlands becomes the new Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and concludes an alliance with the Sultan Amangkurat II of the Mataram Sultanate on the island of Java, then uses the Dutch Army to suppress the rebellion started by the Sultan's half-brother, Prince Puger. Puger surrenders on November 28 to the ranking Dutch officer, Jacob Couper.source
18th century
- 1732May 28 – Dirck van Cloon becomes the new Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).source
- 1735March 11 – Abraham Patras becomes the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) upon the death of Dirck van Cloon.source
- 1750November 1 – Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1705)source
Named in the same entries
- Indonesia (3)
- Java (1)
- Mataram Sultanate (1)