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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 โโa 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. |
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