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Name: Java

Type: Polity

Start: 1811 AD

End: 1811 AD

Parent: france

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The Kingdom of Holland was annexed to the First French Empire in 1810, and Java became a titular French colony.

Establishment


  • January 1811: Captain Christopher Cole was a British naval officer who led the capture of the Banda Islands in 1810. This marked the final conquest of Dutch territories in the Maluku Islands by Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars.
  • Chronology


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    1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

    1.1.Invasion of Java (1811)

    Was a successful British amphibious operation against the Dutch East Indian island of Java that took place between August and September 1811 during the Napoleonic Wars.

  • January 1811: The Kingdom of Holland was annexed to the First French Empire in 1810, and Java became a titular French colony.
  • January 1811: The Dutch-held islands of Amboyna, Harouka, Saparua, Nasso-Laut, Buru, Manipa, Manado, Copang, Amenang, Kemar, Twangwoo and Ternate had surrendered to a force led by Captain Edward Tucker in 1810.
  • August 1811: British naval forces landed at 14:00 at Cilincing.
  • August 1811: In 1811, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British forces led by Sir Samuel Auchmuty and Sir Robert Gillespie advanced on Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The city was left undefended by the Dutch colonial authorities, leading to its occupation by the British.
  • August 1811: The British forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Gillespie, attacked Fort Cornelis in Java, which was held by the Dutch. The fort was captured after a fierce battle in 1811, marking the beginning of British military occupation in the region.
  • September 1811: On 16 September Salatiga fell to the British.
  • September 1811: With his effective force reduced to a handful of men, Janssens surrendered two days later, on 18 September.

  • Disestablishment


  • September 1811: With his effective force reduced to a handful of men, Janssens surrendered two days later, on 18 September.
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