Person

Adriaan Valckenier

Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

b. 1695 CE – d. 1751 CE World The Far East

Adriaan Valckenier (June 6, 1695 – June 20, 1751) is Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1737 to 1741.

Mainly remembered for his involvement in the 1740 Batavia massacre, Valckenier later dies in a prison in Batavia (present-day Jakarta).

Moran, J. (2017). Adriaan Valckenier. History Atlas. Retrieved 31 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/adriaan-valckenier/

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