Dutch VOC control and commercialization of clove and nutmeg in the Moluccas (c. 1602–1799)

1. VOC charter granted by States General

   Mar 20, 1602Labels: VOC, States General

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2. VOC captures Portuguese fort at Ambon

   Feb 22, 1605Labels: Ambon, Steven van

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3. Fort Nassau completed on Banda Neira

   Jan 1, 1609Labels: Fort Nassau, Banda Neira

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4. Pieter Both orders construction of Fort Belgica

   Sep 4, 1611Labels: Pieter Both, Fort Belgica

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5. Coen tightens VOC clove and nutmeg monopolies

   Jan 1, 1614Labels: Jan Pieterszoon, VOC policy

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6. VOC conquers Jayakarta and founds Batavia

   May 30, 1619Labels: Batavia, Jayakarta

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7. Dutch conquest and mass violence in Banda Islands

   Jan 1, 1621Labels: Banda Islands, Jan Pieterszoon

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8. Perkenier plantation system organized on Banda

   Jan 1, 1621Labels: Perken system, Perkeniers

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9. Amboyna trial and executions escalate VOC–EIC rivalry

   Jan 1, 1623Labels: Ambon, English East

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10. Moluccan rebellion against VOC clove restrictions suppressed

    Jan 1, 1651Labels: Hoamoal, Seram

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11. Treaty of Breda confirms Dutch control of Run

    Jul 31, 1667Labels: Treaty of, Pulo Run

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12. Dutch government revokes VOC charter and dissolves company

    Dec 31, 1799Labels: Dutch state, VOC dissolution

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