The VOC establishes the post of Governor…
1610 CE
The VOC establishes the post of Governor General in 1610 to enable firmer control of their affairs in Asia.
To advise and control the risk of despotic Governors General, a Council of the Indies (Raad van Indië) is created.
The Governor General effectively becomes the main administrator of the VOC's activities in Asia, although the Heeren XVII (the Lords Seventeen, the Amsterdam-based regents of the VOC) will continue to officially have overall control.
VOC headquarters will be in Ambon from 1610 to 1619 for the tenures of the first three Governors General.
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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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