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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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