The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, which ceded Dutch Malacca, a governorate...
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The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda) and Dutch Indonesia, was a Dutch...
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of British India the Dutch East Indies, e.g. Jambi Residency, Batavia Residency, Semarang Residency, etc. See Administrative divisions of the Dutch East...
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The Japanese Empire occupied the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) during World War II from March 1942 until after the end of the war in September 1945...
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The Commissioners-General of the Dutch East Indies (in Dutch Commissarissen Generaal over Nederlandsch-Indië as they called themselves) was a commission...
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The Dutch Caribbean (historically known as the Dutch West Indies) are the New World territories, colonies, and countries (former and current) of the Dutch...
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commander of the SWPA, agreed that territory of the Dutch East Indies recaptured by Allied troops was to be transferred to the civil administration of the NICA...
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period Northern Taiwan and parts of North Sulawesi and the Moluccas (Dutch East Indies (VOC)). Cebu was the first seat of government, which later transferred...
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The Netherlands Indies guilder, later the Netherlands Indies roepiah ([ruˈpiah]), was the currency issued by the Japanese occupiers in the Dutch East...
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East India; East Indies; Dutch East Indies; Dutch India; Voorcompagnie; List of Dutch East India Company trading posts and settlements. The so-called voorcompagnieën...
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island of New Guinea that was a part of the Dutch East Indies until 1949, later an overseas territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1949 to 1962. It...
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and the formation of states. The boundaries of the state of Indonesia match the 20th-century borders of the Dutch East Indies. Fossilised remains of Homo...
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Preanger Regencies Residency (category Residencies of the Dutch East Indies)
renamed Priangan Residency after 1931, was an administrative division (residency) of the Dutch East Indies located in Parahyangan, West Java which existed...
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Buitenzorg Residency (category Residencies of the Dutch East Indies)
Buitenzorg Residency (Dutch: Residentie Buitenzorg) was an administrative division (Residency) of the Dutch East Indies located in western Java which...
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political divisions of the Province of New Jersey, which became the U.S. state of New Jersey. The two provinces were amalgamated in 1702. East Jersey's...
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the eastern half of Dutch East Indies. Established in December 1946, it became part of the United States of Indonesia (USI) in 1949 at the end of the...
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the late 1850s, the administrative divisions into forts was changed into a division into districts (Dutch: afdelingen), asserting Dutch sovereignty (or...
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(governorate) of the Dutch East Indies located in northern Sumatra in the region of present-day Aceh, Indonesia which existed from the late nineteenth century...
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Politieke Inlichtingendienst (category Intelligence agencies of the Dutch East Indies)
The Political Intelligence Service (Dutch: Politieke Inlichtingendienst, PID), was the main security agency for the Dutch East Indies from 1916 until...
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The East Indies Station was a formation and command of the British Royal Navy. Created in 1744 by the Admiralty, it was under the command of the Commander-in-Chief...
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the Dutch marked the end of the ABDA defence in the Dutch East Indies and the collapse of the "Malay Barrier" (or "East Indies Barrier"). Because the...
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Jan Willem Janssens (category Governors-General of the Dutch East Indies)
was a Dutch nobleman, soldier and statesman who served both as the governor of the Dutch Cape Colony and governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. Born...
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carried to the Dutch East Indies and slaves from the East Indies to Africa and the West Indies. The Dutch East India Company (also called the VOC) emerged...
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Management Works (Waterstaatswerken) during the Dutch East Indies era. The Government Center, built by the Department of Transport and Water Management (Departement...
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Afdeling (category Subdivisions of the Dutch East Indies)
Afdeling (Dutch: Afdeeling) was an administrative area during the Dutch East Indies colonial administration at the district level. The administrator is...
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The Dutch Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from...
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Bersiap (category 1945 in the Dutch East Indies)
no Allied re-conquest of the western part of the Dutch East Indies (The eastern islands were already occupied by the Allies), the Japanese were still in...
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the Dutch East Indies, still speaks a Dutch dialect. Until the early 20th century, variants of Dutch were still spoken by some descendants of Dutch colonies...
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Dutch Ceylon (Sinhala: ලන්දේසි ලංකාව; Tamil: ஒல்லாந்த இலங்கை) was a governorate established in present-day Sri Lanka by the Dutch East India Company. Although...
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to the Dutch East Indies. An expedition was dispatched from India in April 1811, while a small squadron of frigates was ordered to patrol off the island...
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