Portugese conquer Malakka (1511)

End of Hindu-Javanese period (1520)

Start of Islamic period

Wali dynasty in West-Java (Bantam and Cirebon; Falatehan)

Founding of Jakarta

Fall of the Hindu-empire
Padjadjaran
Bantam independent

Islamic Empire of Mataram (1575)
Senapati (1575-1601)

European trade-posts in West-Java

Conquest of Lombok

Reign of Aceh (1520)

Expansion of power over the whole of Sumatra

Spreading of Islam along the coasts of Borneo

Destruction of Jakarta
Founding of Batavia

Start of VOC-rule

Sultan Agung of Mataram (1613-1645)
attempt to expand power
battle against VOC

Sunan Amangkurat I Tegalwangi (1645-1677)

Destruction of Wali-dynasty

Internal problems in Mataram

Conquest of Balambangan

Several small independent areas

Conquest of Johore (1615)

VOC occupies Malakka (1641)

Power decrease in Aceh

VOC gets Aceh areas

VOC takes Sulawesi (1669)

Buginese states outside of Sulawesi

VOC influence increases and Mataram is divided into 3 states: Surakarta, Yogyakarta and Mangkunegara (1755-1757)

VOC is replaced by Batavian Republic (1799)

Bali loses Balambangan (1768)

Construction of the 'Groote Postweg'

English rule (1811-1816)
Thomas Stamford Raffles

Reign of Paku Alam

Take-over of power by the Dutch Kingdom (1816)
Convention of London (1814)
London Treaty (1824)

Aceh stays independent

Java war (1825-1830)
Diponegoro

Dutch 'Cultuurstelsel' (1830)