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The Dutch East Indies produced most of the world's supply of quinine and pepper, over a third of its rubber, a quarter of its coconut products, and a fifth of its tea, sugar, coffee and oil. The profit from the Dutch East Indies made the Netherlands one of the world's most significant colonial powers. [29]
Company rule in the Dutch East Indies began when the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, "United East India Company"; VOC) appointed the first governor-general of the Dutch East Indies in 1610, [2] and ended in 1800 when the bankrupt company was dissolved and its possessions were nationalized as the Dutch East Indies.
The reign of Catholic King Lodewijk in the Netherlands ended the centuries-old of religious discriminations against Catholics both in the Netherlands and in the East Indies. Previously the Netherlands only favoured Protestantism. The Catholics were permitted freedom of worship in the Dutch Indies, though this measure was mainly intended for ...
The Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now mostly the modern state of Indonesia. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 , which ceded Dutch Malacca , a governorate of the Dutch East Indies that was transferred to Great Britain has consolidated modern-day rule to the Malacca state of Malaysia .
Dutch East India Company; No. Portrait Name Took office Left office 1 Pieter Both (1568–1615) 19 December 1610 6 November 1614 2 Gerard Reynst (1568–1615)
Willem Arnold Alting (11 November 1724 – 7 June 1800) was a Dutch colonial administrator who served as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1780 to 1797.. Born in Groningen, Alting studied in his hometown and graduated in law.
The Indies Monument, The Hague. The National Remembrance 15 August 1945 ( Dutch : Nationale Herdenking 15 augustus 1945 ) is an annual event at the Indies Monument in The Hague , the Netherlands , to commemorate the end of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and the end of World War II. [ 1 ]
The Dutch East Indies (1800–1949) — also known as the Netherlands East Indies, a former colony in Southeast Asia. The colonial predecessor of the present day nation of Indonesia and the Malacca state of Malaysia in Maritime Southeast Asia .