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Historical Timeline for Indonesia - A chronology of key events

Indonesia Timeline[edit | edit source]

5th century - 15th century.	Kingdom of Tarumanagara
7th-10th c.	Kingdom of Sailendra (Borobudur and Prambanan temples)
7th-14th c.	Kingdom of Sriwijaya in Sumatra
8th-9th c.	Kingdom of Sunda
10th-15th c.	Kingdom of Mojopahit (1293-1527), in East Java, extends its hegemony over the archipelago
13th-14th c.	Kingdom of Singasari
13th-17th century.	Development of Islamization and arrival of Europeans
End of the 13th century	Beginning of Islamization in Aceh (north Sumatra)
1511	Capture of Malacca by the Portuguese
1596	Arrival of the Dutch in the archipelago
1602	Creation of the East India Company in the Netherlands
1619	Establishment of Batavia by the Dutch
2nd half of the 17th century	The East India Company extends its control over Indonesia
18th-19th century	Development of colonial influence
1650-1750	Javanese wars of succession; Dutch intervention
1799	Liquidation of the East India Company
1811-1816	English period, with T. S. Raffles
1816	Return of the Dutch and establishment of a colonial state (the Dutch East Indies)
1825-1830	Java War (revolt of Prince Diponegoro)
1830	Beginning of the cultivation system
1860	Publication of Max Havelaar in Holland
1873-1903	Aceh War
1891	discovery of the bones of Java Man
1908-1945	The rise of the nationalist demand
1908	Awakening of nationalism; founding of the Budi Utomo movement
1912	Foundation of Sarekat Islam
1920	Foundation of the Communist Party (PKI)
1926	Foundation of the Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama
1927	Foundation of the Indonesian National Party (PNI) by Soekarno
October 28, 1928	"Oath of Youth"
1930-1932	Repression of the nationalist movement by the Dutch
1942 March	Japanese landing in Java and Dutch surrender
June 1, 1945	Birth of Pancasila (speech by Soekarno)
September 2, 1945	surrender of Japan
1945-1949	Indonesian Revolution
August 17, 1945	Proclamation of the Republic of Indonesia by Soekarno who becomes president of the country and Mr. Hatta vice-president
September 1945	Landing of the Allied troops and return of the Dutch
December 1949	Agreements of the Round Table in The Hague, recognition of the United States of Indonesia
1950-1958	Liberal democracy, Western parliamentarism
August 15, 1950	Return to the Unitary Republic, with a provisional constitution
December 1955	First general election. Bandung Conference
1958	Sumatran Rebellion
1959-1965	"Directed democracy"
1959	Soekarno decree establishing the return to the 1945 Constitution
1960	Breakdown of relations with the Netherlands, linked to the campaign for the liberation of Irian Barat (western New Guinea)
January 1963	Beginning of confrontation with Malaysia
May 1963	The supervision of Irian Barat is entrusted to Indonesia
1964	Creation of the Joint Secretariat of Functional Groups, future Golkar
1964-1965	Rise of social unrest and the influence of the PKI; rapprochement with China
September 30-October 1, 1965	Aborted coup attempt. Fierce anti-communist repression: 700,000 arrests, 500,000 executions. PC ban
October-December 1964	Arrests and massacres targeting the Communists and the left
March 11, 1966	Full powers to General Soeharto for the restoration of order; PKI ban. Beginning of the New Order
1968	Soeharto becomes President of the Republic; law promoting foreign investment
1970	Death of Sukarno
1971	General elections; Golkar's crushing victory
1973	Reshuffle of political parties, now 3 in number: Golkar, PPP, PDI
1976	Attachment of East Timor to Indonesia
1984	Riots in Tanjung Priok: repression of Muslim circles
1990	Thaw in diplomatic relations with China; creation of the Association of Muslim Intellectuals (ICMI)
July 27, 1996	Police siege of PDI premises turns into riots
September 1997	Indonesia is hit hard by the Asian crisis
May 13 to 15, 1998	Riots in Jakarta
May 21, 1998	Resignation of President Soeharto. Habibie takes over his interim position
May 5, 1999	New York Agreement on East Timor
June 7, 1999	Legislative elections
August 30, 1999	Self-determination referendum in East Timor
October 20, 1999	Abdurrahman Wahid becomes President of the Republic
July 23, 2001	Congress (MPR) votes to dismiss President Wahid. Ms. Megawati Soekarnoputri, Vice-President is proclaimed President of the Republic
October 12, 2002	Attacks in Bali mainly targeting Australians
2003	Discovery of a skeleton on the island of Flores dating back 18,000 years
July 2004	First presidential election by universal suffrage, election of Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
September 9, 2004	Attack on the Australian Embassy in Jakarta (10 dead)
December 26, 2004	Tsunami strikes off Sumatra causing more than 170,000 victims
October 1, 2005	New attacks in Bali
May 27, 2006	An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale kills 5,782 in Java
August 2, 2007	The European Transport Commission places all Indonesian airlines on the blacklist of dangerous companies, including the national company Garuda. June: capture of Abu Dujana, presumed leader of Jemaah Islamiyah.
January 27, 2008	Death of former president Soeharto
July 2008	Re-election of Mr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
2010	More than 13% of the Indonesian population still live below the poverty line, despite a high growth rate of over 7% per year. October: violent eruption of the Merapi volcano, near Yogyakarta (central Java): 353 dead, more than 350,000 people evacuated, and the temple of Borobudur covered with ashes. Indonesia, through President Yudhoyono, acknowledges and apologizes for the atrocities and acts of torture carried out by its army in the province of Papua.
2011	The Netherlands apologizes for the massacre of at least 150 people in the village of Rawagede (Java) during the War of Independence in 1947.
September 3, 2013	Fallout between Indonesia and Australia against a background of espionage
September 28, 2013	Bali. Miss France finished second in the Miss World contest behind Miss Philippines. Thousands of Islamist opponents took to the streets of Jakarta
October 7, 2013	Asia-Pacific Summit in Bali
December 7, 2013	159 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) signed the first global trade agreement since ... 1994
April 9, 2014	Le Partai Demokrasi Indonesia - Perjuangan, PDI-P, the main opposition party to the government of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono came first
July 9, 2014	Joko Widodo is elected President of Indonesia. He will take up his post on October 20, 2014.
2015	12 foreigners are executed for drug trafficking.
January 14, 2016	Attack in Jakarta claimed by the Islamic State organization which kills 7 people.
December 7, 2016	A magnitude 6.5 earthquake kills at least 97 people in Indonesia, in Aceh province, north Sumatra.
March 10, 2017	In an interview with AFP, the Indonesian president said he was not against the idea of a moratorium on the death penalty. He said, however, that he would seek the advice of his people.
September 29, 2017	The Agung volcano in Bali has woken up. Tens of thousands of residents are evacuated.
December 16, 2017	A new earthquake off Java caused the death of three people. This shock felt as far as Jakarta preceded a tsunami alert, causing the displacement of several thousand inhabitants.
December 17, 2017	About 80,000 people gathered in the streets of Jakarta to protest against the US president's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
May 13, 2018	Several suicide bombings are committed against three churches and a police station in Surabaya, Indonesia's second city, by suicide bombers claiming to act on behalf of the Islamic State. 30 dead and many injured.
May 25, 2018	The Indonesian parliament voted to strengthen anti-terrorism legislation after Islamic State suicide bombings that killed more than 30 people in Surabaya.