British occupation of Java

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The British occupation of Java was a brief period from 1811 to 1816 when the British East India Company governed the island after seizing it from the Dutch during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Java ⓘ
appliesToPart Central Java ⓘ
linked to: Java

East Java ⓘ
Java Sea coastal regions ⓘ
West Java ⓘ
capital Batavia ⓘ
chronologyWithinTopic early 19th century colonial history of Indonesia ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedBySource The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
endTime 1816 ⓘ
1816 Treaty implementation ⓘ
followedBy restoration of Dutch rule in Java ⓘ
follows Dutch colonial rule in Java ⓘ
governingBody British East India Company administration in Java ⓘ
hasCause Anglo-Dutch conflict during the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasEffect changes in Javanese legal and judicial systems ⓘ
introduction of land rent system in Java ⓘ
mapping and survey of Java ⓘ
reorganization of Java’s administration ⓘ
temporary British control of Java ⓘ
weakening of Dutch colonial structures ⓘ
headOfGovernment Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
languageUsed Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
Javanese ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legalBasis British military conquest of Java ⓘ
location Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
occupyingPower British East India Company ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
officeHeldBy Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
partOf Napoleonic Wars in the East Indies ⓘ
previouslyHeldBy Dutch Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of Holland ⓘ
result return of Java to Dutch control under the terms of post-Napoleonic settlements ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Java (1811) ⓘ
British invasion of Java ⓘ
significantFigure Jan Willem Janssens ⓘ
Lord Minto ⓘ
Thomas Stamford Raffles ⓘ
startTime 1811 ⓘ
August 1811 ⓘ
titleOfHeadOfGovernment Lieutenant-Governor of Java ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant-Governor of Java → partOf → British occupation of Java ⓘ
British forces in Manila → partOf → British operations in the East Indies ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
British Java → startEvent → British invasion of Java (1811) ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
Samuel Gibbs → partOf → British rule in Java ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
Samuel Gibbs → partOf → British rule in the Dutch East Indies ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
British occupation of Java → partOf → Napoleonic Wars in the East Indies ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
British occupation of Java → significantEvent → British invasion of Java ⓘ
linked to: British occupation of Java
Rollo Gillespie → participatedIn → Invasion of Java (1811) ⓘ
subject linked to: Major-General Rollo Gillespie
linked to: British occupation of Java