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The Vorstenlanden in 1830. The Vorstenlanden[ 1] ( Dutch for 'princely lands' or 'princely states', Japanese: 公地, Hepburn: kōchi, Nihon-shiki / Kunrei-shiki: kooti, Indonesian: wilayah kepangeranan, Javanese: ꧋ꦥꦿꦗꦏꦼꦗꦮꦺꦤ꧀, praja kejawen) were four native, princely states on the island of Java in the colonial Dutch East ...
Lieutenant-General. Johannes, Count van den Bosch (2 February 1780 – 28 January 1844) was a Dutch officer and politician. He was Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1830–1833), commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, Minister of Colonies, and Minister of State. He was an officer in the Military William Order .
Graaf van den Bosch's governor-generalship (1830–1835) confirmed profitability as the foundation of official policy, restricting its attention to Java, Sumatra and Bangka. [37] However, from about 1840, Dutch national expansionism saw them wage a series of wars to enlarge and consolidate their possessions in the outer islands. [38]
Invasion of the Spice Islands. French invasion of Russia. Battle of Berezina. War of the Sixth Coalition. Siege of Modlin. Herman Willem Daendels (21 October 1762 – 2 May 1818) was a Dutch revolutionary, military leader, and statesman. He was 36th Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, a position he held from 1808 to 1811.
Van den Bosch is a Dutch toponymic surname, originally indicating either an association with a forest ("bosch", modern Dutch "bos"), with a place/dwelling named "Den Bosch" or with the city Den Bosch. In the Netherlands about 10,200 carried the name in 2007, [ 1] while in Belgium 3,755 people were named Van Den Bosch and another 3,164 were ...
In 1830, a new governor general, Johannes van den Bosch, was appointed to increase the exploitation of the Dutch East Indies' resources. The Cultivation System was implemented only on land controlled directly by the colonial government, thus exempting the Vorstenlanden (princely states) and the particuliere landerijen (private domains).
Van den Bosch is the name of family belonging to the Dutch nobility.. Oldest known ancestor of this family is one Arij van den Bosch who lived in Utrecht in 1701. The title of count was created in 1839, when Johannes van den Bosch, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, was elevated to the title of Count.
Pasundan became a federal state of the United States of Indonesia in 1949 but was incorporated into the Republic of Indonesia (itself also a constituent of the USI) on 11 March 1950. [2] [3] In 2009, there was a proposal to rename the present West Java province Pasundan ("Province of the Sundanese ") after the historical name for West Java.