The repatriation will include the “Lombok treasure,” a collection of 335 gold and silver items plundered by Dutch troops from the Indonesian island in 1894. Prime Minister Mark Rutte's apology ...
The people of Holland (present Netherlands) are called the Dutch. Next to the Portuguese, the Dutch set their feet in India. Historically the Dutch have been experts in sea trade. In 1602, the ...
April: Australian and American troops begin offensive that will recapture the Dutch East Indies. Battle of Okinawa: In the final amphibious landing of the war, American forces launch a major ...
At 3.22 pm on February 24, 1944, the Japanese ships Ryusei and Tango Maru sailed from Surabaya in Java headed for Ambon in the famous Moluccan spice islands of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).
His current research focuses on the history of the establishment of the Reformed church in the East Indies during the time of the Dutch East India Company.
He arrived in Batavia, a noisy port that served as the Dutch East Indies capital now known as ... before boarding a colonial rail network built to ferry troops and spices. He left with fellow ...