The VOC, troubled by disputes at the…
1619 CE
The VOC, troubled by disputes at the head office in Bantam with natives, the Chinese, and the English, desires a better central headquarters.
Coen has thus directed more of the company's trade through Jakarta, where it had established a factory in 1610.
However, not trusting the native ruler, he had decided in 1618 to convert the Dutch warehouses into a fort.
While the Dutch were away on an expedition, the English had taken control over the town.
Coen, backed by a force of nineteen ships on May 30, 1619, storms Jayakarta, driving out the Banten forces, and from the ashes, rebuilds the fort and establishes the city as the VOC headquarters.
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Tupi people (Amerind tribe)
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Cochin, Kingdom of
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Kongo, Kingdom of
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Kandy, Sinhalese Kingdom of
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Johor, Sultanate of
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Matamba, Kingdom of
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Brazil, Colonial
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Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
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Portugal, Habsburg (Philippine) Kingdom of
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Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
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East India Company, British (The Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies)
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Dutch East India Company in Indonesia
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Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
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England, (Stuart) Kingdom of
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