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Period: Aug 22, 1331 to Aug 22, 1364
First Indoneian ruler
The most successful ruler was Gadjah Mada who ruled from 1331-1364 during the ruling of the Madjapahit empire. -
Aug 22, 1509
Portugeuse journey
The Portuguese king sends Diogo Lopes de Sequeira to find Malacca, the eastern terminus of Asian trade. -
Aug 22, 1512
The portugese
The first Portuguese exploratory expedition was sent eastward from Malacca to search for the 'Spice Islands' (Maluku) led by Francisco Serrão. (Francisco Serrão (died 1521) was a Portuguese explorer.) -
The Dutch
The first Dutch expedition to Indonesia sets sail for the East Indies with two hundred and forty-nine men on a sixty-four cannon ship led by Cornelis de Houtman(An explorer who began the duch spice trade). -
More Duch fleets
More Dutch fleets leave for Indonesia and most are profitable. -
The Dutch Fleet
The Dutch fleet which compiled of eight ships, were the first to reach the Spice Islands of Maluku after leaving Europe the previous year. -
Indonesian and Dutch Colaboration
Later in the year, the Dutch join forces with the local Hituese in an anti-Portuguese alliance, and in return the Dutch would have the sole right to purchase spices from Hitu -
The Dutch&Portuguese war
The Dutch–Portuguese War begins, which was an armed conflict involving Dutch forces including the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company, against the Portuguese Empire. The conflict primarily involved the Dutch companies invading Portuguese colonies in the Americas, Africa, India and the Far East to conquer land. The battle lasted 8 years which resulted in Portugal winning South America and Africa, and the Dutch taking control over far south east and south Asia. -
The Durch East Indies
The Dutch East India Company (VOC) is established by merging competing Dutch trading companies -
Dutch conquest
In 1613, the Dutch take control of the Western part of the island.[4] Over the following three centuries, the Dutch would come to dominate the Indonesian archipelago with the exception of the eastern half of Timor, which would become Portuguese Timor. -
Diploatic Agreements
Diplomatic agreements in Europe commence a three-year period of cooperation between the Dutch and the English over the spice trade. -
Jan Peiterszoons Coen
By 1696, Jan Peiterszoons Coen, governor general of the Dutch East Indies, had established the capital Jakarta and renamed it Batavia. -
East Indies Bankruptcy
In 1800, the Dutch east India company went bankrupt and the Dutch government took control of its territories in Indonesia. -
Indtroducing new foods
The Dutch introduced coffee and other crops to Indonesia and made it compulsory for one-fifth of all cultivatable land to be used for export of crops. -
The Ethical Policy
In the early 1900’s the Dutch government introduced the ethical policy which provided funds to establish agriculture, health, and education systems to the islands. -
The Indonesian Constitution
The Constitution of Indonesia is the basis of the government of the Indonesians. The constitution was written in June, July and August 1945, when Indonesia was emerging from Japanese control at the end of World War II. The Constitution set forth the Pancasila, the five nationalist principles devised by Sukarno, and the embodiment of basic principles of an independent Indonesian state. It provides for a limited separation of executive, legislative, and judicial powers.