Dutch New Guinea

Dutch New Guinea was a colony in New Guinea and Melanesia (Oceania) that lasted from 1828 to 1962 CE, about 134 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

The Netherlands claimed western New Guinea in 1828 and set up lasting posts only in 1898. It kept the territory after Indonesian independence until US pressure led to a UN-brokered handover in 1962 to 1963.

See Dutch New Guinea on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1828 to 1962 CE

Duration

134 years

Type

Colony

Region

New Guinea and Melanesia, Oceania

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Hollandia

Became

• Western New Guinea (Indonesia) 1963 CE to the present

Events in Oceania during its time

• 1840 Treaty of Waitangi
• 1851 Australian gold rushes
• 1893 Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom
• 1893 Women's suffrage in New Zealand
• 1901 Federation of Australia
• 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor
• 1942 Guadalcanal campaign
• 1946 Nuclear tests at Bikini

Neighbours in Oceania

• Commonwealth of Australia 1901 CE to the present
• Tu'i Tonga Empire c. 950 to 1865 CE
• New Zealand 1907 CE to the present
• Colony of New South Wales 1788 to 1901 CE
• Kingdom of Hawaii 1795 to 1893 CE
• Colony of New Zealand 1841 to 1907 CE
• German New Guinea 1884 to 1914 CE
• Spanish Marianas 1668 to 1898 CE
• French Polynesia 1842 CE to the present
• Kingdom of Tonga 1845 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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