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Jakarta: History, Former Names & Timeline

Port on Java's north coast, Asian headquarters of the Dutch East India Company and today capital of Indonesia.

Map showing Jakarta in 1700Jakarta
Border map for 1700. See the world in 1700.

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Former names of Jakarta

FromNameNote
1527Jayakarta
1619Bataviaheadquarters of the Dutch East India Company
1942Jakarta

Timeline of Jakarta

YearEvent
1619Jan Pieterszoon Coen takes Jayakarta and renames it Batavia
1740The Batavia massacre of the Chinese
1945Sukarno proclaims Indonesia's independence

Who ruled Jakarta

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–324 BCAustronesians
323 BC–201 BCUnclaimed / no data
200 BC–101 BCMalays
100 BC–599Unclaimed / no data
600–799minor states under Indian influence
800–1491Srivijaya Empire
1492–1649Malaysian Islamic states
1650–1814Dutch East Indies
1815–1879Unclaimed / no data
1880–1919Netherlands Indies
1920–1944Dutch East Indies
1945–todayIndonesia