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Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies

20 dated entries naming Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, drawn from 19 separate years between 1610 CE and 1871 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
  • 1695June 6 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737-1741) (d. 1751)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 (b. 1705)source
  • 1751June 20 – Adriaan Valckenier, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1737–1741) (b. 1695)source
  • 1762October 12 – Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1838)source
  • 1780February 2 – Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1844)source
  • 1780February 28 – Leonard du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1849)source
  • 1781March 17 – Dominique Jacques de Eerens, Governor general of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1840)source
  • 1787March 18 – Pieter Merkus, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1844)source
  • 1797October 23 – Jan Jacob Rochussen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (d. 1871)source

19th century

  • 1818May 2 – Herman Willem Daendels, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1762)source
  • 1838May 23 – Jan Willem Janssens, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1762)source
  • 1844January 28 – Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1780)source
  • 1849May 31 – Leonard du Bus de Gisignies, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1780)source
  • 1856October 29 – Carel Sirardus Willem van Hogendorp, Acting Governor-General of Dutch East Indies (b. 1788)source
  • 1871January 21 – Jan Jacob Rochussen, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1797)source

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