2014 Event Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung erupts on Sumatra Island, shooting toxic clouds of ash into the air; 15 people die, and the search continues for more victims and survivors 2013 Event Indonesia's Mount Sinabung explodes, causing nearly 6,000 people in the country's North Sumatra province to flee 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinaburg volcano continues to erupt, two people are killed and 21,000 are evacuated from the vicinity 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people 2009 Event 20 people are killed in a fire at a nightclub in the North Sumatra capital of Medan, Indonesia 2004 Event Earthquake, greatest in over 40 years, strikes the Pacific Ocean near Sumatra, triggering a massive Indian Ocean tsunami, killing as many as 266,000 in coastal regions of Asia and Africa 1994 Event 6.5 earthquake strikes SE Sumatra, kills 200 1994 Event 5.5 earthquake strikes Sumatra 1958 Event Government troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 1958 Event Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Menado, Celebes 1958 Event Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra 1956 Event Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra 1949 Event General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra 1948 Event 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra 1947 Event 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra 1944 Event Allied fleet attack Sabang Sumatra 1943 Death H van Zanten, guerrilla leader on North Sumatra, executed 1942 Event Japanese troops march into Palembang, South Sumatra 1942 Event Japanese parachutists land near oil center Palembang Sumatra 1921 Birthday Marilyn Maxwell, actress, East of Sumatra 1904 Event Dutch troops occupies Kuto Reh, Sumatra, killing all inhabitants 1903 Event Sumatra Atjehs guerilla leader Panglima Polim surrenders 1901 Event Dutch troops under General Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilie on Sumatra 1869 Event Deli Me forms T B V tobacco in Sumatra 1849 Death Andreas Michiels, Dutch military Governor of West Sumatra, dies in battle at 52 1843 Death Cornelis PJ Elout, military/president of West Sumatra, dies at 47 1819 Event Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra 1816 Event Dutch regain Sumatra 1795 Birthday Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra
