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Dutch East Indies

Dutch colony in Southeast Asia and Oceania (1800–1949)
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The Dutch East Indies was founded on January 1, 1800.

Key Facts

  • Country: Dutch Republic[3], Kingdom of the Netherlands[4]
  • Continent: Asia[5]
  • Instance of: colony[6]
  • Head of state: Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff[7], Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge[8], Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer[9], Dirk Fock[10]
  • Capital: Batavia[11]
  • Official language: Dutch[12]
  • Currency: Netherlands Indies guilder[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Groote Oost[14]
  • Follows: Lanfang Republic[15], Soppeng Sultanate[16], Aceh Sultanate[17], Bali Kingdom[18], British Bencoolen[19], Company rule in the Dutch East Indies[20], Pagaruyung Kingdom[21], Sultanate of Bulungan[22], Sultanate of Sulu[23], Sultanate of Banjar[24], Palembang Sultanate[25]
  • Legislative body: Volksraad[26]
  • Part of: Dutch Empire[27]
  • Commons category: Dutch East Indies[28]
  • Inception: January 1, 1800[29]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: August 17, 1945[30], December 27, 1949[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Dutch East Indies[32]
  • Office held by head of government: Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies[33]
  • Territory claimed by: Dutch Republic[34], Kingdom of the Netherlands[35]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[36], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[37], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[38]
  • Replaces: Sultanate of Tidore[39], Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow[40], Kutai[41]
  • Replaced by: Indonesia[42], United States of Indonesia[43]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in the Dutch East Indies[44]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in the Dutch East Indies[45]
  • Studied by: indonesiology[46]
  • Language used: Dutch[47]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[48]

Why It Matters

Dutch East Indies has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

Aksi Bataviaasch Handelsblad Batavia Bank Bintang Parnama Braone Diponegoro Dutch Republic Ien Po Indonesia Kartini Kingdom of the Netherlands Makassar Mata Hari Mohammad Hatta Suharto Sukarno

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  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0418151-Nizozemska-vychodni-Indie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0418151-Nizozemska-vychodni-Indie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → Sultanate of Tidore, Kingdom of Bolaang Mongondow, Kutai
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Replaces: Sultanate of Jailolo, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
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