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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.
1928 – Persija Jakarta football club founded. 1930 – Population: 533,000. [2] 1931 – Old Indonesia football derby begins. 1932 – Bioscoop Metropool built.
The Hindu Majapahit kingdom was founded in eastern Java in the late 13th century, and under Gajah Mada it experienced what is often referred to as a golden age in Indonesian history, [57] when its influence extended to much of southern Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Bali [58] from about 1293 to around 1500.
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 colony contributed to Dutch global prominence in spice and cash crop trade in the 19th century, ... (now Jakarta), ... which was founded on Sumatra in 1869. Large ...
The Dutch formally surrendered to the Japanese occupation forces on 9 March 1942, and the colony's rule was transferred to Japan. The city was renamed Jakarta (officially ジャカルタ特別市 Jakaruta tokubetsu-shi, Special Municipality of Jakarta, under the special status that was assigned to the city). After the collapse of Japan in 1945 ...
Long before the U.S. declared its independence on July 4, 1776, many European explorers had already founded lasting settlements. These are 10 of the oldest inhabited cities in the U.S. that you ...
View of the Island and the City of Batavia Belonging to the Dutch, for the India Company. In 1603, the first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia was established in Banten, northwest Java, [7] and in 1611, another was established at Jayakarta (later renamed 'Batavia' and then 'Jakarta').