Dutch East India Company (VOC) operations in the East Indies (1602–1799)

1. VOC charter granted by the States General

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: Vereenigde Oostindische, States General

   • Britannica
   • JSTOR J STAGE

2. VOC chartered by the States General

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: States General, VOC

   • Britannica
   • WHE

3. VOC captures Portuguese fort at Ambon

   Feb 22, 1605Labels: Fort Victoria, Steven van

   • Capture Amboina

4. Portuguese carrack Santa Catarina seized near Singapore

   Feb 25, 1603Labels: Santa Catarina, VOC navy

   • Santa Catarina
   • Dutch Empire

5. VOC captures Ambon and Fort Victoria

   Feb 22, 1605Labels: Ambon, Fort Victoria

   • Capture Amboina
   • JHNA

6. VOC takes Jayakarta, founding Batavia

   May 30, 1619Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, Batavia

   • Fall Jayakarta
   • Britannica

7. VOC captures Ambon and renames Fort Victoria

   Feb 22, 1605Labels: Ambon, Fort Victoria

   • Capture Amboina
   • Britannica

8. Pieter Both begins tenure as first governor-general

   Dec 19, 1610Labels: Pieter Both, Governor-General

   • Britannica
   • Pieter Both

9. Batavia naming ceremony formalizes VOC capital

   Jan 18, 1621Labels: Batavia, VOC headquarters

   • Batavia VOC

10. VOC signs clove monopoly contract with Ternate

    May 26, 1607Labels: Ternate, Clove monopoly

    • Mudafar Syah
    • Mutual Heritage

11. Coen seizes Jayakarta; Batavia founded

    May 30, 1619Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, Batavia

    • Britannica
    • VOC

12. Coen’s Banda campaign enforces nutmeg monopoly

    Jun 1, 1621Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, Banda Islands

    • Britannica Coen
    • Banda conquest

13. VOC opens trading factory at Hirado, Japan

    Sep 20, 1609Labels: Hirado, VOC factory

    • Hirado Post
    • Leiden Univ

14. VOC conquest and mass violence in the Banda Islands

    Jan 1, 1621Labels: Banda Islands, Nutmeg

    • Canon NL
    • Banda Conquest

15. VOC establishes Dutch Formosa at Fort Zeelandia

    Jan 1, 1624Labels: Fort Zeelandia, Dutch Formosa

    • Dutch Formosa
    • Huygens

16. VOC conquers Jayakarta and founds Batavia

    May 30, 1619Labels: Jayakarta, Batavia

    • Britannica Coen
    • Jayakarta

17. Batavia officially named in ceremony

    Jan 18, 1621Labels: Batavia, naming ceremony

    • Batavia

18. VOC and Johor capture Malacca from Portugal

    Jan 14, 1641Labels: Malacca, Johor Sultanate

    • Siege Malacca

19. VOC conquest culminates in Banda Islands mass killing

    Jan 1, 1621Labels: Banda Islands, Nutmeg conquest

    • Banda Conquest
    • Britannica Coen

20. Amboyna trial and executions heighten Anglo-Dutch conflict

    Feb 1, 1623Labels: Amboyna, English East

    • Britannica
    • Amboyna

21. Portuguese Ceylon ends under VOC pressure

    Feb 22, 1658Labels: Ceylon, cinnamon regions

    • Britannica Sri Lanka
    • Mannar 1658

22. Ambon trial executions deepen Anglo-Dutch rivalry

    Feb 1, 1623Labels: Ambon trial, Amboina

    • Britannica
    • Amboyna Wiki

23. Mataram besieges Batavia; VOC holds the city

    Aug 22, 1628Labels: Sultan Agung, Batavia

    • Siege Batavia

24. VOC loses Taiwan after Siege of Fort Zeelandia

    Feb 1, 1662Labels: Fort Zeelandia, Koxinga

    • Zeelandia siege
    • Huygens

25. VOC and Johor capture Portuguese Malacca

    Jan 14, 1641Labels: Malacca, Johor alliance

    • Malacca Siege
    • EBSCO

26. Treaty of Bongaya subordinates Gowa to VOC

    Nov 18, 1667Labels: Treaty of, Gowa Kingdom

    • Bongaya treaty

27. VOC intervenes in Java’s First War of Succession

    Jan 1, 1704Labels: Java succession, Mataram

    • Javanese War I
    • Britannica

28. Dutch factory relocated to Dejima under Tokugawa oversight

    May 1, 1641Labels: Dejima, Tokugawa shogunate

    • Hirado Post
    • VOC Traders

29. Jepara treaty ties Mataram to VOC military aid

    Sep 1, 1677Labels: Jepara Treaty, Amangkurat II

    • Amangkurat II
    • Kompas Jepara

30. Batavia massacre targets ethnic Chinese residents

    Oct 9, 1740Labels: Batavia massacre, Chinese community

    • Rijksmuseum
    • Batavia 1740

31. Gianti Agreement divides Mataram with VOC as power broker

    Feb 13, 1755Labels: Gianti Agreement, Mataram

    • Britannica
    • Giyanti

32. Mataram cedes Semarang and other areas to VOC

    Jan 1, 1705Labels: Semarang, Mataram Sultanate

    • Mutual Heritage

33. Gianti Agreement splits Mataram under VOC influence

    Feb 13, 1755Labels: Gianti Agreement, Surakarta

    • Britannica
    • Giyanti

34. VOC dissolved; assets and debts taken over by Dutch state

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: Dutch state, VOC

    • Britannica
    • VOC Wiki

35. Treaty of Giyanti divides Mataram with VOC backing

    Feb 13, 1755Labels: Giyanti Agreement, Mataram partition

    • Britannica Gianti
    • Giyanti treaty

36. Fourth Anglo-Dutch War accelerates VOC decline

    Jan 1, 1780Labels: Fourth Anglo-Dutch, British conflict

    • War Wiki

37. British raid captures VOC posts at Padang

    Aug 18, 1781Labels: Padang, British East

    • Raid Sumatra
    • Anglo Dutch War

38. VOC is dissolved and its possessions nationalized

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: VOC dissolution, Dutch state

    • Britannica
    • VOC Wiki

39. British capture Trincomalee from VOC on Ceylon

    Jan 11, 1782Labels: Trincomalee, British forces

    • Trincomalee 1782
    • Anglo Dutch War

40. VOC dissolved and assets taken over by Dutch state

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: VOC dissolution, Dutch state

    • Britannica
    • VOC overview