Historical Events
1919-05-01 - Mount Kelud (Indonesia) erupts, boiling crater lake which broke through crater wall killing 5,000 people in 104 small villages
1926-11-13 - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java
1927-07-04 - Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia
1928-10-28 - Indonesian child laws enfoced in Bahasa Indonesia
1934-03-31 - Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia)
1944-02-29 - 5 leaders of Indonesia Communist Party sentenced to death
1944-05-27 - Allies land on Biak, Indonesia (operation Horlicks)
1944-09-14 - 6,500 Dutch/Indonesian captives sent to Junyo Maru
1945-04-01 - 1st edition of Indonesia Merdeka publishes
1945-08-17 - Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands
1945-08-17 - Indonesian Declaration of Independence.
1945-10-05 - Indonesian army forms
1945-11-10 - Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
1946-06-08 - Sukarno calls for anti colonial defiance in Indonesia
1946-10-14 - Netherland & Indonesia sign cease fire
1946-10-24 - Netherlands & Indonesia sign cease fire
1947-07-21 - Indonesia begins 1st political election
1947-08-05 - Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
1948-01-17 - Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
1948-03-09 - Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia
1948-12-18 - Indonesia begins its 2nd political election
1948-12-20 - Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
1949-01-28 - UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia
1949-03-01 - Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
1949-08-03 - Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire
1949-11-02 - Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
1949-12-09 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
1949-12-16 - Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mohammad Hatta premier
1949-12-21 - Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnity of Indonesia
1949-12-27 - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1949-12-27 - United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1949-12-31 - 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia
1950-06-20 - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
1950-07-17 - Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
1950-08-15 - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
1950-08-17 - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
1950-09-28 - Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
1950-10-03 - Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
1950-10-25 - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
1950-11-04 - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
1951-03-20 - Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java
1952-02-26 - Neth-Indonesian Unity conference
1953-09-22 - Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
1954-08-10 - Neth Indonesian Union breaks up
1954-10-21 - Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea
1955-07-24 - Ali Sastroamidjojo of Govt resigns in Indonesia
1955-08-11 - Indonesia govt of Harahap forms
1955-09-29 - Ali Sastroamidjojo's PNI wins elections in Indonesia
1956-02-14 - Indonesia withdraws from Neth Indonesian Union
1956-03-03 - Indonesian govt of Harahap resigns
1956-08-04 - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
1956-12-01 - Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
1957-03-14 - Indonesian govt of Sastroamidjojo resigns
1957-11-30 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8
1957-12-05 - Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
1957-12-06 - Indonesia begins nationalizing Dutch possessions
1957-12-21 - Indonesia proclaims end to state of war
1958-02-22 - Indonesian air force bombs Padang, Sumatra/Manado, Celebes
1958-03-13 - Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia
1958-04-18 - Govt troops reconquer Padang, Middle-Sumatra Indonesia
1958-05-21 - Indonesian paratroopers reconquers Morotai Island
1958-06-16 - Govt troops land on North-Celebes Indonesia
1958-12-03 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalization of Dutch businesses
1959-07-05 - Indonesia restores constitution
1960-02-26 - Soviet premier Khrushchev voices support for Indonesia
1960-03-06 - President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament
1960-08-17 - Indonesia drops diplomatic relations with Netherlands
1961-12-19 - Indonesian President Sukarno proclaims general mobilization
1962-01-07 - Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1962-01-15 - Dutch & Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea
1962-02-24 - General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea
1962-03-12 - Dutch Premier De Quay announces secret talks with Indonesia
1962-05-19 - Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea
1962-07-13 - 500 Indonesian parachutist land on New-Guinea
1962-07-15 - Neth & Indonesia accord over New-Guinea
1962-08-15 - Netherlands & Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
1962-11-28 - Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored
1963-03-13 - Indonesia & Netherlands recover diplomatic relations
1963-05-01 - Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from Neth
1963-05-20 - Sukarno appointed president of Indonesia
1964-08-02 - Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
1964-08-25 - Singapore limits imports from Neth due to Indonesian aggression
1964-09-02 - Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia
1964-12-31 - Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN
1965-03-11 - Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
1965-03-19 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies
1965-10-01 - Failed coup under Lt Col Untung in Indonesia
1965-10-20 - Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia
1966-02-21 - Indonesia's president Sukarno fires General Nasution
1966-03-11 - Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
1966-03-18 - General Suharto forms government in Indonesia
1967-03-12 - Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority
1967-08-08 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand meet to form Assn of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1967-12-03 - Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
1968-03-27 - Suharto succeeds Sukarno as president of Indonesia
1970-08-31 - Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
1970-09-03 - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
1971-08-26 - Dutch Queen Juliana & Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
1975-09-19 - Indonesia sends troops to Portuguese East Timor
1975-12-04 - 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1975-12-07 - Indonesian army occupies East Timor
1976-06-02 - East-Timor People's Assembly accepts annexation through Indonesia
1976-06-17 - Indonesia annexes Portuguese East-Timor
1976-07-17 - Indonesian president Suharto annexes East Timor
1979-09-12 - Indonesia is hit with an earthquake that measures 8.1 on the Richter scale.
1988-04-15 - Meteorite explode above Indonesia
1991-11-12 - Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die
1991-11-12 - Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
1994-06-02 - Indonesian censors ban Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
1997-07-13 - Indonesian ferry sinks, killing at least 77
1998-05-13 - Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped.
1998-05-21 - Suharto, the Indonesian second president who had ruled for 32 years, resigns.
1999-09-12 - Indonesia announces it will allow international peace-keepers into East Timor.
2001-01-29 - Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.
2001-10-19 - SIEV-X, an Indonesian fishing boat en-route to Christmas Island, carrying over 400 asylum seekers, sank in international waters with the loss of 353 people.
2002-05-20 - The independence of East Timor is recognized by Portugal, formally ending 23 years of Indonesian rule and 3 years of provisional UN administration (Portugal itself was the former colonizer of East Timor until 1976).
2003-08-05 - A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2004-07-05 - First Indonesian presidential election by the nation.
2004-11-30 - Lion Air Flight 538 crash lands in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, killing 26.
2004-12-26 - A 9.3 magnitude earthquake creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people.
2005-03-28 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960.
2005-08-18 - Massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people.
2005-09-05 - Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes into a heavily-populated residential of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 104 people on board and at least 39 persons on ground.
2007-01-01 - Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.
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