Dutch East Indies

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Dutch overseas territory former colony historical country

The Dutch East Indies was a vast Dutch colonial territory in Southeast Asia that largely corresponds to present-day Indonesia and played a central role in global spice and trade networks.

Aliases (11)

Netherlands East Indies ×9
Dutch colonial empire ×2
Dutch East Indies Company possessions ×1
Dutch East Indies administration ×1
Dutch East Indies period ×1
Dutch colonialism in Indonesia ×1
East Indies ×1
Indonesia (historically) ×1
Indonesian Dutch ×1
Netherlands East Indies (eastern part) ×1
Nieuw Holland ×1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Dutch overseas territory → former colony → historical country →
administeredBy	Dutch colonial government →
borderedBy	Borneo territories of the British Empire → British Malaya → Portuguese Timor →
capital	Batavia → Jakarta →
colonialPower	Kingdom of the Netherlands →
colonialStatus	crown colony →
commonLanguages	Javanese → Malay → Sundanese →
country	Netherlands →
currency	Netherlands Indies gulden →
economyBasedOn	plantation agriculture → spice trade →
endPoint	1949 →
establishedAfter	bankruptcy of the Dutch East India Company →
ethnicGroups	Chinese Indonesians → Indo-Europeans → Javanese → Malay peoples → Sundanese →
export	coffee → oil → rubber → spices → sugar → tea → tin →
flag	flag of the Netherlands →
governedBy	Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies →
implementedPolicy	Cultivation System →
independenceDeclarationDate	1945-08-17 →
independenceDeclaredBy	Indonesia →
involvedIn	World War II → global spice trade →
largelyCorrespondsTo	Indonesia →
legalSystem	Dutch colonial law →
locatedIn	Southeast Asia →
majorIsland	Borneo → Celebes → Java → New Guinea → Sumatra →
majorPort	Batavia → Semarang → Surabaya →
memberOf	Dutch colonial trade network →
occupationPeriod	1942–1945 →
occupiedBy	Empire of Japan →
officialLanguage	Dutch →
partOf	Dutch colonial empire →
predecessor	Dutch East India Company → VOC →
religion	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → Islam →
sawEvent	Indonesian National Revolution →
sovereigntyTransferred	1949-12-27 →
startPoint	1800 →
strategicImportance	control of sea routes between Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean →
successor	Indonesia →

Referenced by (100)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Allied ABDA Command → Battle of Ambon → Battle of Palembang → Battle of the Java Sea → Battle of the Makassar Strait → Dutch East Indies campaign → First Dutch Police Action → Indonesian National Revolution → Pemuda → South-East Asian theatre of World War II →	location
Anthony van Diemen → Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge → Christiaan Eijkman → Godert van der Capellen → Hubertus van Mook → Joan Maetsuycker → Johannes van den Bosch → Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck → Pieter Both → Reinier de Klerk →	workLocation
Gerard Reynst → Godert van der Capellen → Hubertus van Mook → Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck → Pieter Both → Reinier de Klerk → Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer →	residence
Amir Sjarifuddin → Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich → Lolo Soetoro → Sukarno → Sutan Sjahrir → Willem Einthoven →	placeOfBirth
Allied ABDA Command → Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference → Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies → South West Pacific Area ("Netherlands East Indies") → United Nations Commission for Indonesia ("Netherlands East Indies") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Abel Tasman → Jan Pieterszoon Coen → Jan van Riebeeck → Joan Maetsuycker →	placeOfDeath
Batavia → Battle of the Sunda Strait ("Netherlands East Indies") → Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies →	country
Hendrik Brouwer → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army → Royal Netherlands East Indies Army ("Netherlands East Indies") →	operatedIn
Dutch Ethical Policy → Roman-Dutch law ("Indonesia (historically)") →	appliedIn
Hubertus van Mook → Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck →	areaOfInfluence
Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area ("Netherlands East Indies") → United States Army Forces in the Far East ("Netherlands East Indies") →	areaOfOperations
Anthony van Diemen → Reinier de Klerk →	deathPlace
Dutch colonial empire → Dutch colonial empire ("Dutch East Indies Company possessions") →	hasPart
Dutch East India Company → Dutch colonial government →	mainColony
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) ("Dutch colonial empire") → Dutch East Indies ("Dutch colonial empire") →	partOf
Gerard Reynst → Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer →	sphereOfInfluence
New Holland ("Nieuw Holland") →	alsoKnownAs
Dutch ("Indonesian Dutch") →	ancestorOf
Cultivation System →	appliedInTerritory
Dutch colonial government →	appliedToTerritory
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area ("Netherlands East Indies (eastern part)") →	areaOfResponsibility
Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff →	associatedWith
Batavia →	capitalOf
Celebes →	colonialNameUsedBy
Dutch Republic →	colonialPossession
Battle of Palembang ("Netherlands East Indies") →	countryAtTime
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge →	countryGoverned
Dutch East Indies campaign ("Netherlands East Indies") →	countryInvolved
Mohammad Hatta →	countryOfBirth
Amir Sjarifuddin →	countryOfCitizenship
First voyage of James Cook →	countryVisited
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer ("Dutch East Indies administration") →	employer
General Order No. 1 ("Netherlands East Indies") →	geographicScope
Joan Maetsuycker →	governed
Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum →	governorGeneralOf
Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich →	hasActivityIn
Pegon script ("Dutch East Indies period") →	historicalUsagePeriod
Aceh War →	locatedIn
Max Havelaar →	mainSetting
Borneo territories of the British Empire →	neighboringColonialRegion
Dutch colonial empire →	notableColony
Eleventh Air Fleet →	operationalArea
Indonesia Raya →	placeComposed
Operation Product →	primaryTheater
Batavia →	principalColonialCapitalOf
Battle of the Badung Strait →	region
ABDA Command →	regionOfResponsibility
Aceh War ("Dutch colonialism in Indonesia") →	relatedTo
Dutch settlers ("East Indies") →	settledIn
Operation Kraai →	theater
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces →	theaterOfOperations
Dutch guilder →	usedIn