Historical Organization
British East India Company
British East India Company
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Organization Timeline
British forces occupy Dutch Malacca
📅 26 August 1795British forces occupied Malacca after receiving the Kew instructions and negotiated its transfer with Dutch officials. The occupation was presented as protection from France, but it shifted control...
Dutch authorities surrender Colombo to British forces
📅 16 February 1796After a British campaign and negotiations, Colombo capitulated. The surrender ended VOC rule in coastal Sri Lanka. The British takeover was another European transfer of colonial power; it did not...
British troops land on Java
📅 4 August 1811British forces landed on Java during the Napoleonic Wars, attacking a colony administered by Dutch personnel under French imperial authority. For Javanese people the invasion meant another...
Batavia capitulates to British forces
📅 8 August 1811The colonial capital surrendered during the British invasion. Control of Batavia gave Britain the administrative center, but the population had no meaningful say in the change of sovereignty.
British troops capture Fort Cornelis
📅 26 August 1811British forces captured Fort Cornelis, breaking the main defensive position of the Dutch-French colonial army on Java. The battle opened the way to British occupation; European military accounts often...
Dutch-French forces capitulate on Java
📅 18 September 1811The formal capitulation transferred Java to British rule. Raffles later changed land and trade policies, but British rule remained colonial rule. For island communities it was another externally...
Dutch administration resumes after British interregnum
📅 19 August 1816The Dutch resumed government on Java after British occupation. The restored state empire would expand through military campaigns and crop extraction; local rulers retained limited authority under...