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Under the Dutch, it was known as Batavia (1619–1945) and was later known as Djakarta (in Dutch) or Jakarta during the Japanese occupation and modern period. [2] [3] For a more detailed history of Jakarta before the proclamation of Indonesian independence, see Batavia, Dutch East Indies.
In the late 17th century, the bulk of these (300,000) lived on Ceylon, while by the late 18th century, Dutch Ceylon's population was 350,000–817,000 compared to their 2 million Javanese subjects (with the rest of their subjects living on other Malay islands, plus a minor population of 25,000 settlers in the Cape Colony). [11]
The Colony of Virginia was a British colonial settlement in North America from 1606 to 1776. The first effort to create an English settlement in the area was chartered in 1584 and established in 1585; the resulting Roanoke Colony lasted for three attempts totaling six years. In 1590, the colony was abandoned.
In 1924, a law school was founded in Batavia. [35] The city's population in the 1930 census was 435,000. [5]: 50 The University of Batavia was established in 1941, and later became the University of Indonesia. [35] In 1946, the Dutch colonial government established the Nood Universiteit (Emergency University) in Jakarta.
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
2. Jamestown, Virginia (1607) Founded on May 14, 1607, by the Virginia Company of London, Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America. The settlers chose the site for its ...
1922 – Cut Mutiah Mosque founded. 1928 – Persija Jakarta football club founded. 1930 – Population: 533,000. [2] 1931 – Old Indonesia football derby begins. 1932 – Bioscoop Metropool built. 1940 – Kemayoran Airport opens. 1942 – City occupied by Japanese. [2] 1945 – Suwiryo becomes mayor. 1948 Kebayoran Baru development begins.
The Colony of Virginia (also known frequently as the Virginia Colony or the Province of Virginia, and occasionally as the Dominion and Colony of Virginia) was an English colony in North America which existed briefly during the 16th century, and then continuously from 1607 until the American Revolution (as a British colony after 1707 [12]).