British occupation of Java

E555204

historical event military occupation

The British occupation of Java was a brief period from 1811 to 1816 when the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British occupation of Java canonical	1
British operations in the East Indies	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToPart	Central Java NERFINISHED ⓘ East Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Java Sea coastal regions ⓘ West Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Batavia NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic	early 19th century colonial history of Indonesia ⓘ
conflict	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource	The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1816 ⓘ 1816 Treaty implementation ⓘ
followedBy	restoration of Dutch rule in Java ⓘ
follows	Dutch colonial rule in Java ⓘ
governingBody	British East India Company administration in Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Anglo-Dutch conflict during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasEffect	changes in Javanese legal and judicial systems ⓘ introduction of land rent system in Java ⓘ mapping and survey of Java ⓘ reorganization of Java’s administration ⓘ temporary British control of Java ⓘ weakening of Dutch colonial structures ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ Javanese ⓘ Malay ⓘ
legalBasis	British military conquest of Java ⓘ
location	Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupyingPower	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
officeHeldBy	Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Napoleonic Wars in the East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
previouslyHeldBy	Dutch Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Holland NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	return of Java to Dutch control under the terms of post-Napoleonic settlements ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Java (1811) NERFINISHED ⓘ British invasion of Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFigure	Jan Willem Janssens NERFINISHED ⓘ Lord Minto NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Stamford Raffles NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1811 ⓘ August 1811 ⓘ
titleOfHeadOfGovernment	Lieutenant-Governor of Java NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant-Governor of Java → partOf → British occupation of Java ⓘ

British forces in Manila → partOf → British occupation of Java ⓘ

this entity surface form: British operations in the East Indies