21st Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ethnic violence in Kalimantan as indigenous Dayaks force out Madurese transmigrants. Mass political demonstrations by Wahid's supporters and opponents. IMF stops further loans citing lack of progress in tackling corruption. | |
| July | President Wahid is impeached chiefly on grounds of incompetence. The parliament elects Megawati president by 592 votes to 0. Hamzah Haz defeats Akbar Tandjung and Lieutenant General (ret.) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. | |
| September | President Megawati visits President George Bush a week after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and welcomes American investment. On her return to Indonesia, the Islamic right criticises her cooperation with America's war in Afghanistan, and the nationalist left criticises here for being too suppliant to foreign investors. | |
| 2002 | Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, the largest Muslim organisations in Indonesia, issue joint statements critical of militant Islamists. | |
| February | Peace talks in Maliano, South Sulawesi appear to end three years of Christian-Muslim violence in Maluku and Poso. | |
| July | Tommy Suharto is sentenced to fifteen years jail for illegal possession of arms, contempt of law, and masterminding the assassination of a Supreme Court judge who had convicted him for graft. | |
| September | House Speaker Akbar Tandjung is sentenced to three years jail for corruption. | |
| 12 October | Bombs in the Kuta nightclub district in Bali kill 202 people the world's deadliest terrorist attack since 11 September 2001. Indonesian police, aided by ten nations, track down Jemaah Islamiyah operatives. | |
| November | Eurico Guterres is sentenced to ten years prison for crimes committed following the 1999 ballot in East Timor. | |
| December | The Indonesian government and GAM sign a peace accord aimed at ending decades of violence in Aceh. The deal breaks down the following year. | |
| 2003 | August | Jemaah Islamiyah bomb Jakarta's Marriott hotel killing twelve. All but one of those killed are Indonesians. |
| 2004 | April | Parliamentary and local elections: Golkar party of former President Suharto wins greatest share of vote, with Megawati Sukarnoputri's PDI-P coming second. |
| 9 September | A bomb blast outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta kills 11 and injures up to 100 people. | |
| October | Indonesia's first direct presidential election elects Bambang Yudhoyono following popular disillusionment with incumbent Megawati. | |
| 26 December | An earthquake-triggered tsunami kills an estimated 170,000 in Aceh and causes widespread devastation. | |
| 2005 | 15 August | Government and Free Aceh Movement separatists sign a peace deal providing for rebel disarmament and the withdrawal of government soldiers from the province. Rebels begin handing in weapons in September; government completes troop pull-out in December. |
| 1 October | Bombings in Bali kill 20 people. | |
| 2006 | May | A powerful earthquake kills thousands of people in the Yogyakarta region in central Java. |
| 2007 | Adam Air Flight 574 crashes into the sea off Sulawesi, killing all 102 on board. | |
| 2008 | Suharto dies from multiple organ failure. He is buried in the family Mausoleum near Solo. | |
| Jemaah Islamiyah Operatives are executed when found guilty for the 2002 bombings after numerous appeals from their families. | ||
| 2009 | 8 July | Incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono won Indonesian presidential election. |
| 17 July | Jemaah Islamiyah bomb two hotels in Jakarta, including the Marriott that was attacked in 2003. | |
| 17 September | Noordin Muhammad Top, the head of Jemaah Islamiyah, is shot in Solo | |
| 30 December | Abdurrahman Wahid, the 4th president of Indonesia died because of complications from kidney disorders, heart disease and diabetes. | |
| 2010 | 25 October | Merapi volcano erupted, over 350,000 people were evacuated, 353 people were killed, Borobudur was covered in volcanic ash. (to 17 November) |
| 2011 | 7 May | Jakarta host 18th ASEAN Summit, mark the beginning of Indonesian chairmanship in ASEAN 2011. (to 8 May) |
| 11 November | Opening ceremony of the 26th Southeast Asian Games was held in Palembang. The largest multi-event sports in the region was held in Jakarta and Palembang. (to 22 November) |
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