Dutch East India Company in the Spice Islands (Maluku) (1605-1799)

1. VOC charter creates a state-backed trading company

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: Dutch East, States General

   • Britannica
   • VOC Wiki

2. VOC captures Ambon and takes Fort Victoria

   Feb 22, 1605Labels: Ambon, Steven van

   • Capture Amboina
   • Ambon Governorate

3. Ambon serves as early VOC regional headquarters

   Jan 1, 1610Labels: Ambon, VOC regional

   • Company Rule
   • Ambon Governorate

4. Batavia founded, shifting VOC’s main Asian hub

   Jan 1, 1619Labels: Batavia, VOC staple

   • Ambon Governorate
   • Company Rule

5. VOC conquest culminates in Banda violence

   Jan 1, 1621Labels: Banda Islands, Jan Pieterszoon

   • Britannica Coen
   • Banda Conquest

6. Amboyna trial deepens Anglo-Dutch rivalry

   Mar 1, 1623Labels: Ambon, English East

   • Amboyna Massacre
   • Britannica Coen

7. Ternate treaty enforces clove-tree destruction

   Jan 1, 1652Labels: Ternate, clove extirpation

   • Saidi Tidore
   • Ambon Governorate

8. Treaty of Bongaya restricts rival trading networks

   Nov 18, 1667Labels: Treaty of, Sultanate of

   • Treaty Bongaya
   • Britannica VOC

9. Maluku monopoly enforced through controlled cultivation

   Jan 1, 1681Labels: Maluku monopoly, Banda Islands

   • UNESCO Tentative
   • Ambon Governorate

10. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War severely weakens the VOC

    Dec 20, 1780Labels: Fourth Anglo-Dutch, British navy

    • VOC Wiki
    • Raid Sumatra

11. VOC is dissolved and its debts nationalized

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: VOC dissolution, Dutch state

    • VOC Wiki
    • Britannica VOC

12. VOC legacy shapes later Dutch colonial administration

    Jan 1, 1800Labels: Dutch colonialism, VOC legacy

    • Company Rule
    • UNESCO Tentative