Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
E555207
The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that divided their colonial spheres of influence in Southeast Asia, laying the groundwork for the modern borders of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5933222 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 Context triple: [Treaty of 1819 with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, followedBy, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824]
-
A.
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
-
B.
Treaty of Westminster (1674)
The Treaty of Westminster (1674) was the agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed English control over former Dutch territories in North America, including New Netherland (New York).
-
C.
Treaty of London (1840)
The Treaty of London (1840) was an international agreement in which major European powers intervened to curb Muhammad Ali of Egypt’s expansion and redefine the political status of Egypt within the Ottoman Empire.
-
D.
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
-
E.
Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty was an 1842 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled long-standing border disputes in the Northeast and improved Anglo-American relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 Target entity description: The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that divided their colonial spheres of influence in Southeast Asia, laying the groundwork for the modern borders of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
-
A.
Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871
The Anglo-Dutch Gold Coast Treaty of 1871 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that transferred Dutch possessions on the Gold Coast to British control, consolidating British colonial rule in what is now Ghana.
-
B.
Treaty of Westminster (1674)
The Treaty of Westminster (1674) was the agreement that ended the Third Anglo-Dutch War and confirmed English control over former Dutch territories in North America, including New Netherland (New York).
-
C.
Treaty of London (1840)
The Treaty of London (1840) was an international agreement in which major European powers intervened to curb Muhammad Ali of Egypt’s expansion and redefine the political status of Egypt within the Ottoman Empire.
-
D.
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht was a series of peace agreements signed in 1713 that ended major hostilities in the War of the Spanish Succession and reshaped the balance of power in Europe and its colonial empires.
-
E.
Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster–Ashburton Treaty was an 1842 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that settled long-standing border disputes in the Northeast and improved Anglo-American relations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bilateral treaty
ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ |
| abolished | Dutch commercial monopolies in certain British areas ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Convention of London (1824)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Treaty of London (1824) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| confirmed |
British possession of Singapore founded in 1819
ⓘ
Dutch predominance in the Indonesian islands ⓘ |
| countryParty |
Great Britain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1824-03-17 ⓘ |
| definedSphereOfInfluenceFor |
British Empire in the Malay Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch Empire in the Indonesian Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedBoundary | division between British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| field | international law ⓘ |
| hasLongTermImpactOn |
colonial history of Southeast Asia
ⓘ
formation of British Malaya ⓘ formation of the Dutch East Indies ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-Napoleonic reorganization of colonial empires ⓘ |
| influencedBorderOf |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
Dutch
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalPredecessorOf |
modern borders between Malaysia and Indonesia
ⓘ
modern borders between Singapore and Indonesia ⓘ |
| locationSigned | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to define colonial spheres of influence between Britain and the Netherlands in Southeast Asia
ⓘ
to settle disputes arising from the Anglo-Dutch Java War and earlier arrangements ⓘ |
| regionAffected |
Malay Archipelago
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Straits of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaced | Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814 in practical colonial arrangements ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
British cession of Bencoolen (Bengkulu) to the Netherlands
ⓘ
British control over Singapore ⓘ British withdrawal from Sumatra ⓘ Dutch recognition of British possession of Malacca ⓘ Dutch withdrawal of claims in the Malay Peninsula ⓘ |
| signatory |
Kingdom of the Netherlands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedByRepresentativeOf |
British Foreign Office
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
colonial territorial exchange
ⓘ
navigation rights ⓘ trade regulation ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 Description of subject: The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that divided their colonial spheres of influence in Southeast Asia, laying the groundwork for the modern borders of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.