Timeline of Jakarta

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Prior to 19th century

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• 397 CE - The port town known as Kalapa.
• Mid 5th century - The region around the port was under Tarumanagara kingdom's rule, according to Tugu inscription discovered in North Jakarta.
• 13th to 16th century - The port of Kalapa was the main port of Sunda Kingdom, served the capital, Pakuan Pajajaran, located about 60 km inland south
• 1513 - Portuguese ships arrive.
• 1522 - Padrão erected in Sunda Kelapa to mark Sunda-Portuquese treaty.
• 1527
  • Fatahillah, on behalf of the Demak, conquers the Portuguese in Sunda Kelapa.
  • Kelapa renamed Jayakarta.^[1]
• 1611 - Dutch trading post established.
• 1619
  • Jan Pieterszoon Coen of the Dutch East India Company seizes the port of Jayakarta from the Sultanate of Banten.
  • City renamed Batavia.^[2]
• 1627
  • City hall built.
  • Amsterdam Gate built (approximate date).
• 1628-1629 - Sultan Agung of Mataram launched Siege of Batavia.
• 1695 - Gereja Sion built.
• 1699 - Earthquake.^[2]
• 1710 - Stadhuis built.
• 1740 - Massacre of ethnic Chinese by Dutch East Indies troops.
• 1778 - Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences founded.^[2]
• 1797 - Kebon Jahe Kober cemetery established.

19th century

• 1804 - Negara Palace built.
• 1811 - British take power.^[2]
• 1814
  • Dutch rule of city restored.^[2]
  • Theatre built.
• 1821 - Schouwburg Weltevreden concert hall built.
• 1829 - Hotel de Provence established.
• 1837 - Frederik-Hendrik citadel built.^[2]
• 1851 - Medical school founded.^[2]
• 1853 - "Society for the promotion of industry and agriculture" established.^[2]
• 1860 - Gymnasium William III established.^[2]
• 1864 - Zoo established by Vereneging Plantenen Dierentuin.
• 1868 - Gedung Gajah museum opens.
• 1870 - Jakarta Kota Station built (approximate date).
• 1879 - Gambir Palace built.
• 1880 - Population of Batavia: 96,957.^[2]
• 1884 - Weltevreden Station built.
• 1886 - Tanjung Priok harbor built.^[2]
• 1898 - Population of Batavia: 115,567.^[2]

20th century

• 1901 - Jakarta Cathedral built.
• 1906 - Gambir Market begins.
• 1910 - Jatinegara Station built.
• 1912 - Jakarta Stock Exchange established.
• 1922 - Cut Mutiah Mosque founded.
• 1928 - Persija Jakarta football club founded.
• 1931 - Old Indonesia football derby begins.
• 1932 - Bioscoop Metropool built.
• 1940 - Kemayoran Airport opens.
• 1945 - Suwiryo takes office as mayor.
• 1948 - Daan Jahja takes office as military governor.
• 1949
  • City renamed Djakarta.
  • Kodam Jaya established.
  • Akademi Nasional founded.
  • Ikada field renamed Merdeka Square.
  • Istana Gambir renamed Istana Merdeka.
  • National Archives of Indonesia established.
• 1950
  • Suwiryo takes office as mayor.
  • State university established in Jakarta.
• 1951 - Sjamsuridjal takes office as mayor.
• 1953
  • Sudiro takes office as mayor.
  • Universitas Kristen Indonesia established.
• 1960 - Soemarno Sosroatmojo takes office as governor.
• 1962
  • Hotel Indonesia opens.
  • Selamat Datang Monument built.
  • Gelora Bung Karno Stadium built.
  • 4th Asian Games held.
• 1964 - Henk Ngantung takes office as governor.
• 1965
  • Soemarno Sosroatmojo takes office as governor.
  • Balai Sarbini built.
  • Kompas newspaper begin publication.
  • 30 September Movement.
• 1966
  • Ali Sadikin takes office as governor.
  • Ragunan Zoo opens.
  • Ancol Dreamland resort opens.
• 1967 - YARSI University established.
• 1968
  • Jakarta Fair begins.
  • Wisma Delima opens in Jalan Jaksa.
  • Taman Ismail Marzuki Art Center opens.^[3]
• 1970 - 16th Asia Pacific Film Festival held.^[4]
• 1971
  • Prambors FM radio begins broadcasting.
  • Tempo magazine begins publication.^[5]
• 1974
  • Jakarta History Museum opens.
  • Binus University founded.
• 1975
  • Wayang Museum of puppetry established.
  • Taman Mini Indonesia Indah opens.
  • Museum Indonesia opens.
  • National Monument (Indonesia) built.
• 1976 - Museum Seni Rupa dan Keramik established.
• 1977
  • Tjokropranolo takes office as governor.
  • Museum Bahari established.
  • Taman Prasasti Museum opens.
• 1978
  • Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta built.
  • Jagorawi Toll Road opens, linking Bogor, Ciawi, and Jakarta.
  • Textile Museum opens.
• 1979 - Jakarta host 1979 Southeast Asian Games
• 1980
  • National Library of Indonesia established.
  • Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club founded.
• 1981 - SMA Negeri 68 Jakarta public high school established.
• 1982 - R. Soeprapto takes office as governor.
• 1983 - The Jakarta Post newspaper begins publication.
• 1985
  • Kemayoran Airport closed.
  • Soekarno–Hatta International Airport opens.
  • Mercu Buana University established.
• 1986 - Dunia Fantasi theme park opens in Ancol Dreamland.
• 1987
  • Wiyogo Atmodarminto takes office as governor.
  • Jakarta host 1987 Southeast Asian Games
• 1988 - Jakarta–Cikampek Toll Road opens.
• 1990
  • Mal Kelapa Gading opens.
  • Lippo Cikarang starts.
• 1991
  • Jakarta Fair venue moved from Merdeka Square to Kemayoran
• 1992
  • Soerjadi Soedirdja takes office as governor.
  • Jakarta Convention Center opens (approximate date).
• 1993
  • Mayapada Tower built.
  • Purna Bhakti Pertiwi Museum opens.
• 1995 - "Kenduri Nasional", national commemoration to celebrate 50th years of Indonesian Independence held in Merdeka Square
• 1996 - Wisma 46 built.
• 1997
  • Sutiyoso takes office as governor.
  • Jakarta Tower construction begins, yet stopped due to Asian financial crisis.
  • Jakarta host 1997 Southeast Asian Games
• 1998 - Riots against Suharto's regime.
• 1999 - Jakarta International Film Festival begins.

21st century

• 2000 - Jakarta Stock Exchange bombing.
• 2003 - Marriott Hotel bombing.
• 2004
  • TransJakarta starts.
  • Australian Embassy bombing.
  • Jakarta Monorail construction begins, yet halted months later.
• 2005
  • Food scare.
  • Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival begins.
  • Ritz-Carlton Jakarta opens.
• 2006 - Indosiar Television Tower built.
• 2007
  • Indonesia Stock Exchange formed.
  • Flood.
  • Fauzi Bowo takes office as governor.
  • The Peak Twin Towers built.
• 2008 - Messiah Cathedral opens.
• 2009
  • Aula Simfonia Jakarta opens.
  • Bombings.
• 2010 - Population: 9,607,787.^[6]
• 2011 - Jakarta host 2011 Southeast Asian Games with Palembang
• 2012
  • Mata Elang International Stadium opens.
  • MRT Jakarta construction begins.
  • October: Joko Widodo becomes governor of Jakarta.^[7]
• 2013 - January: Flooding.^[8]

See also

• History of Jakarta
• Timeline of Indonesian history
• List of Governors of Jakarta
• Greater Jakarta
• List of colonial buildings and structures in Jakarta

References

Further reading

• Schellinger and Salkin, ed. (1996). "Jakarta". International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. UK: Routledge. ISBN 9781884964046. 
• Abidin Kusno, "Modern Beacon and Traditional Polity: Jakarta in the Time of Sukarno," chapter 2 Behind the Postcolonial: Architecture, Urban Space and Political Cultures in Indonesia (London: Routledge, 2000) 49-70.
• "Jakarta". Understanding Slums: Case Studies for the Global Report 2003. United Nations Human Settlements Programme and University College London. 2003. 
• Dean Forbes (2004). "Jakarta". In Josef Gugler. World Cities beyond the West: Globalization, Development, and Inequality. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521830036. 
• Ooi Keat Gin, ed. (2004). "Batavia". Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 226–229. ISBN 978-1-57607-770-2. 
• Jerome Tadie (2012). "Fires, Urban Environments, and Politics in Contemporary Jakarta". In Greg Bankoff et al. Flammable Cities: Urban Conflagration and the Making of the Modern World. USA: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 372–389. ISBN 978-0-299-28383-4.  CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link)

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