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.

Reinier de Klerk → deathPlace → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Reinier de Klerk → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Reinier de Klerk → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Pemuda (Indonesian youth groups) → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
subject surface form: Pemuda
Sukarno → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
First Dutch Police Action → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Godert van der Capellen → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Godert van der Capellen → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army → operatedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Royal Netherlands East Indies Army → operatedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Mohammad Hatta → countryOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
United Nations Commission for Indonesia → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Amir Sjarifuddin → countryOfCitizenship → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Amir Sjarifuddin → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Operation Product → primaryTheater → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Indonesia Raya → placeComposed → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jonkheer Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff → associatedWith → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck → residence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Jonkheer Carel Herman Aart van der Wijck → areaOfInfluence → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Sutan Sjahrir → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge → countryGoverned → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Operation Kraai → theater → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Eleventh Air Fleet → operationalArea → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Pegon script → historicalUsagePeriod → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch East Indies period
Joan Maetsuycker → placeOfDeath → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Joan Maetsuycker → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Joan Maetsuycker → governed → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area → areaOfOperations → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
First voyage of James Cook → countryVisited → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich → hasActivityIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Willem Einthoven → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Lolo Soetoro → placeOfBirth → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
General Order No. 1 → geographicScope → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
ABDA Command → regionOfResponsibility → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Allied ABDA Command → appliesToJurisdiction → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Allied ABDA Command → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Christiaan Eijkman → workLocation → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Battle of Palembang → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Battle of Palembang → countryAtTime → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Battle of Ambon → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Aceh War → locatedIn → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Aceh War → relatedTo → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonialism in Indonesia
Battle of the Sunda Strait → country → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies
Commander, Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area → areaOfResponsibility → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
this entity surface form: Netherlands East Indies (eastern part)
Battle of the Makassar Strait → location → Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Battle of the Badung Strait → region → Dutch East Indies ⓘ