Which Happened First?

Dutch East Indies

Dutch East Indies
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The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, or Insulind, a 'garland of Emeralds', was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945.

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Which happened first?

Timeline

  1. French ConsulateNovember 9, 1799 – May 18, 1804
  2. Parthenopean RepublicJanuary 21, 1799 – June 24, 1799
  3. Dutch East Indies (this page)January 1, 1800 – December 27, 1949
  4. Septinsular RepublicMarch 21, 1800 – 1807
  5. Kingdom of EtruriaMarch 21, 1801 – December 10, 1807
  6. United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJanuary 1, 1801 – April 12, 1927

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