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2012 Event - The black box is recovered from the Russian passenger jet that carried 44 passengers and crashed in the Indonesian province of West Java, leaving no survivors

2011 Event - A landslide in Indonesia's East Java province kills 100 people

2006 Event - Java, Indonesia suffers a 6.3 magnitue earthquake, killing more than 6,000

1994 Event - 5.9 earthquake/floods SE Java, 150+ killed

1992 Death - Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo, Java diplomat, dies

1992 Death - Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies

1990 Death - Elizabeth Allan, actress (Tale of 2 Cities, Camille, Java Head), dies

1988 Death - John Loder, actor (Sabotage, Java Head), dies at 90

1985 Event - Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java

1959 Death - Edmund Gwenn, actor (Them, Java Head, Miracle on 34th St), dies at 83

1958 Event - Britain transfers Christmas Island (south of Java) to Australia

1954 Death - Joseph Hergesheimer, novelist (Java Head), dies

1951 Event - Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java

1948 Event - Dutch police actions up Java gone on strike

1948 Event - 2nd political action of Java/Sumatra

1947 Event - 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra

1945 Event - Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government

1945 Death - John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java), dies at 80

1945 Event - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java

1945 Event - Dutch airplanes dump pamphlets on Java

1944 Event - HM Zwaardvis sinks U168 at Java

1944 Event - Allied air raid on Surabaja, Java

1944 Event - Anti-Japanese revolt on Java

1943 Event - Operations begin at PETA Java, defending (Japanese) fatherland

1943 Event - Japanese premier Hideki Tojo visits Java

1943 Event - Allied reconnaissance flight over Java

1943 Event - Japanese government in Java limits sale and use of motorcars

1942 Event - Lieutenant-General Kumakashi Harada becomes Japanese commander on Java

1942 Event - Japanese occupying army on Java installs film censorship

1942 Event - Japan forces Java to use "Tokyo time" 1 hour forward

1942 Event - KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies

1942 Event - Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon

1942 Event - 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat

1942 Event - Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java

1942 Event - Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies

1942 Event - Battle of Java Sea began 13 U.S. warships sunk - 2 Japanese

1942 Death - Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52

1942 Event - 1st Japanese air raid on Java

1941 Event - European reservists on Java mobilizes

1930 Event - Bandung, Java: ir Sukarno 4 years jail sentenced

1927 Event - Communist uprising in West Java

1926 Event - Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java

1924 Event - 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)

1920 Event - Java Technical School Bandung opens

1919 Death - Sofert H Koorders, botanist (Java), dies at 55

1919 Event - Volcano Keluit on Java, erupts killing 550

1916 Event - 1st national congress of Sarekat Islam at Bandoeng Java

1901 Birthday - Achmed Sukarno, born in Java, Prime Minister of Indonesia, 1945 - 1967

1897 Birthday - Lil Dagover, Marta-Maria Lillits, Pati Java, actress, Spiders

1888 Birthday - Maria Dermoat, Java, Dutch novelist, 10,000 Things

1883 Event - Krakatoa, west of Java, explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons

1865 Birthday - Gerard Vissering, Dutch banker and president, Bank of Java

1863 Birthday - Sofert H Koorders, Dutch botanist, Java

1827 Event - Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java

1826 Event - Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura

1826 Event - Java prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed

1825 Event - Java princess Dipo Negoro/Mangkubumi declare war on all non-islamics

1822 Event - 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain

1822 Event - 1st eruption of Galunggung (Java) sends boiling sludge into valley

1816 Event - Java again in Dutch hands

1815 Event - Eruption of Tambora volcano (Sumbawa Java)

1772 Event - Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000

1757 Event - Prince Mas Said of Mataram surrenders to Mangkubumi in Java

1755 Event - Rebel leader Mangkubuni signs Treaty of Gianti Java

1749 Death - Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies

1722 Death - Pieter Erberfeld, German/Thais merchant on Java, dies

1686 Death - Francois Tak, Dutch diplomat on Java, murdered

1679 Event - Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java

1628 Event - Java sultan Agung van Mataram attacks Batavia

1621 Event - Jacarta, Java renamed Batavia

1619 Event - Dutch settlement on Java changes name to Batavia

1599 Death - Cornelis de Houtman, navigator (1st Dutch trip to Java), murder at 35

1599 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet leaves Java

1599 Event - Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove and muskaat

1598 Event - Jacob van Necks merchant fleet departs for Java

1597 Event - Cornelis de Houtmans fleet is 1st Dutch visit to Java

1597 Event - Cornelis de Houtman's fleet reaches Bantam, West Java

1596 Death - Pieter D Keyzer/Keyser, astronomer/navigator (Java)

1596 Event - Dutch fleet bombs Banten Java

1596 Event - Dutch fleet commander Cornelis de Houtman taken hostage in Java

1596 Event - Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java

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