Jakarta
City
Capital of Indonesia on Java; called Batavia under Dutch rule.
Names
- May 30, 1619 – March 8, 1942 Batavia
Held by
- 1800 – August 17, 1945 Dutch East Indies
- March 9, 1942 – September 2, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- since August 17, 1945 Indonesia
Capital of
- 1800 – December 27, 1949 Dutch East Indies
- August 17, 1945 – January 4, 1946 Indonesia
- since August 17, 1950 Indonesia
Events here 3
- August 17, 1945 – December 27, 1949 Indonesian National Revolution
- July 17, 2009 2009 Jakarta bombings
- January 14, 2016 2016 Jakarta attacks