1948 Event Batavia lieutenant governor general Of Mook dismissed 1948 Event Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia 1947 Event Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia 1946 Event Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang 1945 Event Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths 1942 Event Compulsory work for women, children and old males in Batavia 1942 Event Japanese troop march into Batavia 1940 Birthday David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1933 Event Dutch colonial regime in Batavia arrest ir Sukarno 1930 Event Pablo Neruda marries Marie A Hagenaar Vogelzang in Batavia 1927 Event Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia 1924 Event 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java) 1924 Event Fokker F-7 1st flight (Amsterdam to Batavia) 1918 Event Netherlands Indian Volksraad installed in Batavia 1857 Event Walter Woodbury and James Page open photo studio in Batavia, Djakarta 1740 Event Netherlands Governor-General Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia 1740 Event Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia 1722 Event 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed 1700 Death Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 1697 Event Willem de Vlamingh returns to Batavia after exploring "South Land" 1643 Event Able Tasmania returns to Batavia after discovering Tasmania 1642 Event Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia 1628 Event Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia 1628 Event Assault on sultan of Mantarams of Batavia 1621 Event Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia 1619 Event Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia
