1740 Batavia massacre

When

9 Oct 1740 – 22 Oct 1740

Kind

Murder

Killed

10,000

Coordinates

6.13° S, 106.80° E

Description

Pogrom of ethnic Chinese in the port city of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in the Dutch East Indies

Pogrom of ethnic Chinese in the Dutch East Indies

A massacre and pogrom of ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies was carried out by the Dutch East India Company and allied members of other Batavian ethnic groups in 1740. The violence in the city lasted from 9 until 22 October, with minor skirmishes outside the walls continuing late into November that year.

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• Wikidata: shootings and murdersWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Batavia Massacre: Troops of the Dutch East India Company massacre at least 10,000 Chinese Indonesians in Batavia”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Niederländisch-Indien kommt es zum Massaker von Batavia, ein Pogrom gegen den ethnisch chinesischen Bevölkerungsteil in der Hafenstadt Batavia durch…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “massacre des Chinois résidant à Batavia par la VOC”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “巴達維亞華人起義，在印度尼西亚发生针对华人的红溪惨案。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “バタヴィア華僑虐殺事件：バタヴィアで、オランダ東インド会社の軍隊が少なくとも10000人以上の中国系インドネシア人を虐殺。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page