{"slug": "governor-general-of-the-dutch-east-indies", "label": "Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432239", "qid": "Q1432239", "description": "position", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1610, 1750], "span_label": ["1610 CE", "1750 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies"], "related": [{"slug": "indonesia", "label": "Indonesia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "java", "label": "Java", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mataram-sultanate", "label": "Mataram Sultanate", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1610, "year_label": "1610 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "December 19 – Pieter Both becomes the first Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (now the Republic of Indonesia), serving until 1614.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361322431#October–December", "title": "1610", "revid": 1361322431, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1636, "year_label": "1636 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and will serve until his death in 1645.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358525522#January–March", "title": "1636", "revid": 1358525522, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1681, "year_label": "1681 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – Cornelis Speelman of the Netherlands becomes the new Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and concludes an alliance with the Sultan Amangkurat II of the Mataram Sultanate on the island of Java, then uses the Dutch Army to suppress the rebellion started by the Sultan's half-brother, Prince Puger. Puger surrenders on November 28 to the ranking Dutch officer, Jacob Couper.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361310073#October–December", "title": "1681", "revid": 1361310073, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 28", "text": "May 28 – Dirck van Cloon becomes the new Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#April–June", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1735, "year_label": "1735 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – Abraham Patras becomes the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia) upon the death of Dirck van Cloon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365121192#January–March", "title": "1735", "revid": 1365121192, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1705)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#Deaths", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Deaths"}}]}