2012 Event The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors 2011 Event A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people 2006 Event Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000 1994 Event 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed 1992 Death Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies 1992 Death Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies 1990 Death Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies 1988 Death John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90 1985 Event Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java 1959 Death Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83 1958 Event Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia 1954 Death Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies 1951 Event Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java 1948 Event Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike 1948 Event 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1947 Event 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1945 Event Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government 1945 Death John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80 1945 Event Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1945 Event Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java 1944 Event HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java 1944 Event Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java 1944 Event Anti-Japanese revolt on Java 1943 Event Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland 1943 Event Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java 1943 Event Allied reconnaissance flight over Java 1943 Event Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars 1942 Event Lieutenant-General Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java 1942 Event Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship 1942 Event Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward 1942 Event KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 1942 Event Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon 1942 Event 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1942 Event Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java 1942 Event Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Event Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese 1942 Death Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 1942 Event 1st Japanese air raid on Java 1941 Event European reservists on Java mobilizes 1930 Event Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced 1927 Event Communist uprising in West Java 1926 Event Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java 1924 Event 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) 1920 Event Java Technical School Bandung opens 1919 Death Sofert H Koorders, botanist (Java), dies at 55 1919 Event Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550 1916 Event 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java 1901 Birthday Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1945 - 1967 1897 Birthday Lil Dagover, Marta-Maria Lillits, Pati Java, actress, Spiders 1888 Birthday Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things 1883 Event Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons 1865 Birthday Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java 1863 Birthday Sofert H Koorders, Dutch botanist, Java 1827 Event Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java 1826 Event Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura 1826 Event Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed 1825 Event Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics 1822 Event 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain 1822 Event 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley 1816 Event Java again in Dutch hands 1815 Event Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java) 1772 Event Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 1757 Event Prince Mas Said of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java 1755 Event Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java 1749 Death Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies 1722 Death Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies 1686 Death Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered 1679 Event Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java 1628 Event Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia 1621 Event Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia 1619 Event Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia 1599 Death Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35 1599 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java 1599 Event Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat 1598 Event Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java 1597 Event Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java 1597 Event Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java 1596 Death Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java) 1596 Event Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java 1596 Event Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java 1596 Event Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
