Groups of Chinese sugar mill workers revolt…

October 1740 CE

Groups of Chinese sugar mill workers revolt using custom-made weapons to loot and burn mills, after which hundreds of ethnic Chinese, suspected to have been led by Chinese captain Ni Hoe Kong, kill fifty Dutch soldiers in Meester Cornelis (now Jatinegara) and Tanah Abang on October 7.

In response, the Dutch send eighteen hundred regular troops, accompanied by schutterij (militia) and eleven battalions of conscripts to stop the revolt; they establish a curfew and cancel plans for a Chinese festival.

Fearing that the Chinese will conspire against the colonials by candlelight, those inside the city walls are forbidden to light candles and are forced to surrender everything "down to the smallest kitchen knife".

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Batavia > Jakarta Jakarta Raya Indonesia View →

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Adriaan Valckenier View → Gustaaf Willem, Baron van Imhoff View →

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Javanese people View → Chinese (Han) people View → Dutch people View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → Dutch East India Company in Indonesia View → Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") View →

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Colonization of Asia, Dutch View → 1740 Batavia massacre View →

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Weapons View → Slaves View → Sweeteners View → Beer, wine, and spirits View → Spices View →

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Commerce View → Labor and Service View → Mayhem View → Government View → Finance View →

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