Most recent flag or coat of arms
Most recent flag or coat of arms
Maximum Extent
Maximum Extent (Interactive Map)

Data

Name: surakarta

Type: Cluster

Start: 1746 AD

End: 1945 AD

Statistics

All Statistics: All Statistics

Icon surakarta

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this nation you can find it here: All Statistics

The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Surakarta Sultanate
  • Surakarta Sultanate (Dutch Protectorate)
  • Establishment


  • January 1746: The Surakarta Kraton was established in 1745 by Pakubuwono II. Surakarta Sunanate and Yogyakarta Sultanate are together the successors of Mataram Sultanate.
  • Chronology


    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. Javanese Wars of Succession


    Were three military confrontations between the Dutch East India Company and the Mataram Sultanate on central Java between 1703 and 1755. The hereditary succession in Maratam was at stake, prompting the VOC to field its own candidates in an attempt to gain more influence in central and eastern Java.

    1.1.Third Javanese War of Succession

    Was a civil war on the island of Java that led to the partition of the Mataram Sultanate.

  • February 1755: At the end of the Javanese Wars of Succession, Mataram was carved into three weak Vorstenlanden ("Princely Lands"), independent in name only, as a consequence of the divide and rule policy of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

  • 2. World War II


    Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

    2.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)

    Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.

    2.1.1.Dutch East Indies campaign

    Was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces from the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II.

    2.1.1.1.Battle of Java

    Was the Japanese invasion of the island of Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies.

  • March 1942: The Japanese complete the conquest of Java and thereby gain control of the entire Durch East Indies.

  • 3. Indonesian National Revolution


    Was the armed struggle of the Republic of Indonesia to gain its independence from the Dutch Empire.

  • August 1945: Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 1945: Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declared Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945.
  • Selected Sources


  • Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 28
  • All Phersu Atlas Regions

    Africa

    Americas

    Asia

    Europe

    Oceania