2006 Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000
1994 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed
1992 Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies
1992 Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
1990 Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies
1988 John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90
1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
1959 Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83
1958 Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia
1954 Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies
1951 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1948 Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike
1948 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra
1947 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra
1945 Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80
1945 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1945 Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java
1944 HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java
1944 Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java
1944 Anti-Japanese revolt on Java
1943 Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland
1943 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java
1943 Allied reconnaissance flight over Java
1943 Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars
1942 Lt-general Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java
1942 Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship
1942 Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward
1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies
1942 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat
1942 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java
1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese
1942 Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52
1942 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1941 European reservists on Java mobilizes
1930 Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced
1927 Communist uprising in West Java
1926 Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
1920 Java Technical School Bandung opens
1919 S˜fert H Koorders, botanist (Java), dies at 55
1919 Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550
1916 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java
1901 Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, PM of Indonesia, 1945-67
1897 Lil Dagover, [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress, Spiders
1888 Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things
1883 Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons
1865 Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java
1863 S˜fert H Koorders, Dutch botanist, Java
1827 Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
1826 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
1826 Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed
1825 Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics
1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
1822 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley
1816 Java again in Dutch hands
1815 Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)
1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1757 Prince Mas Said of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java
1755 Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java
1749 Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies
1722 Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies
1686 Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered
1679 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
1628 Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia
1621 Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia
1619 Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
1599 Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35
1599 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java
1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat
1598 Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java
1597 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java
1597 Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java
1596 Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)
1596 Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java
1596 Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java
1596 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
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