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.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Dutch East Indies canonical 219
Netherlands East Indies 21
Dutch East Indies administration 2

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 ⓘ
Timor-Leste ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese Timor
capital Batavia ⓘ
Batavia ⓘ
surface form: Jakarta
colonialPower Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of the Netherlands
colonialStatus crown colony ⓘ
commonLanguages Javanese ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Sundanese
country Netherlands ⓘ
currency Dutch guilder ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
surface form: New Guinea

Sumatra ⓘ
majorPort Batavia ⓘ
Semarang ⓘ
Surabaya ⓘ
memberOf Dutch East India Company ⓘ
surface form: Dutch colonial trade network
occupationPeriod 1942–1945 ⓘ
occupiedBy Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
officialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
partOf Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 (259)

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

Dutch Republic → colonialPossession → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East India Company → mainColony → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East Indies → partOf → Dutch East Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial empire
Roman-Dutch law → appliedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indonesia (historically)
Dutch → ancestorOf → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Indonesian Dutch
Ceylon (Dutch Ceylon) → partOf → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial empire
Batavia → country → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Batavia → capitalOf → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Batavia → principalColonialCapitalOf → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Cultivation System → appliedInTerritory → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies → country → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Borneo territories of the British Empire → neighboringColonialRegion → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Indonesian National Revolution → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch guilder → usedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
South West Pacific Area → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Dutch settlers → settledIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Indies
Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces → theaterOfOperations → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch East Indies campaign → countryInvolved → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Celebes → colonialNameUsedBy → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jan van Riebeeck → placeOfDeath → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire → hasPart → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch East Indies Company possessions
Dutch colonial empire → notableColony → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
United States Army Forces in the Far East → areaOfOperations → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
South-East Asian theatre of World War II → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Abel Tasman → placeOfDeath → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Anthony van Diemen → deathPlace → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Anthony van Diemen → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Johannes van den Bosch → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Max Havelaar → mainSetting → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch Ethical Policy → appliedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
New Holland → alsoKnownAs → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nieuw Holland
Dutch colonial government → appliedToTerritory → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch colonial government → mainColony → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jan Pieterszoon Coen → placeOfDeath → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Johan Paul van Limburg Stirum → governorGeneralOf → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer → employer → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch East Indies administration
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer → sphereOfInfluence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Hubertus van Mook → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Hubertus van Mook → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Hubertus van Mook → areaOfInfluence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Gerard Reynst → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Gerard Reynst → sphereOfInfluence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Pieter Both → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Pieter Both → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Hendrik Brouwer → operatedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Battle of the Java Sea → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ