19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1803 | First phase of Padri War. (to 1825) | |
| 1808 | Herman Willem Daendels the Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1808–1811) begin the construction of Java Great Post Road. | |
| 1815 | April | Mount Tambora in Sumbawa island erupted, it was the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history that wiped Tambora culture and killed at least 71,000 people in total (including the aftermath). The eruption created global climate anomalies known as "volcanic winter". |
| 1825 | Java War. (to 1830) | |
| 1831 | Second phase of Padri War. (to 1838) | |
| 1864 | June | The first railway track in Indonesia was laid between Semarang and Tanggung, Central Java by the Dutch colonial government. |
| 1868 | The Batavian Museum (today National Museum of Indonesia) was officially opened by Dutch East Indies government. | |
| 1870 | Official dismantling of the Cultivation System and beginning of a 'Liberal Policy' of deregulated exploitation of the Netherlands East Indies. | |
| 1873 | The beginning of the bloody Aceh War for Dutch occupation of the province. | |
| 1879 | 21 April | Kartini was born in Jepara, today the date is commemorated as women's emancipation day in Indonesia. |
| 1883 | August | Mount Krakatoa in Sunda Strait erupted, killed 36,417 people. |
| 1888 | Founding of the shipping line Koninklijke Paketvaart-Maatschappij (KPM) that supported the unification and development of the colonial economy. | |
| 1894 | Lombok War The Dutch looted and destroyed the Cakranegara palace of Mataram. J. L. A. Brandes, a Dutch philologist discovered and secured Nagarakretagama manuscript in Lombok royal library. | |
| 1898 | General van Heutz becomes chief of staff of Aceh campaign. Wilhelmina becomes queen of the Netherlands. |
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