Portal:Indonesia/Selected anniversaries

15–16 January 1982 – During a visit by Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka, widespread riots break out, leading to the formal disbanding of President Suharto's personal assistants
16 January 1904 – Dewi Sartika (pictured) establishes the first school for girls in Indonesia
26 January 1949 – The national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is established
27 January 2008 – Former president Suharto dies, the first Indonesian president to do so since Sukarno in 1970
31 January 1926 – Hasyim Asy'ari establishes the conservative Muslim organisation Nahdlatul Ulama as a reaction to the modernist Muhammadiyah

8 February 2002 – Ada Apa dengan Cinta?, credited with reinvigorating the Indonesian film industry, is released
13 February 2002 – The Malino II Accord, an attempt to stop the Maluku sectarian conflict, is signed
15 February 1950 – The People's Representative Council holds its first meeting
17 February 1745 – Pakubuwana II establishes the Surakarta Sunanate in Surakarta
22 February 1978 – Istiqlal Mosque (pictured) in Jakarta, the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, is inaugurated

1 March 1949 – In a show of force, Indonesian soldiers under Colonel Suharto recapture the capital at Yogyakarta
9 March 1942 – Governor-General Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer capitulates to invading Japanese forces, leading to a three-year long occupation
11 March 1966 – President Sukarno signs the Supersemar, which is used by Suharto to take greater control over the country
12 March 1946 – The first female cabinet member, Maria Ulfah Santoso (pictured), takes office
26 March 1873 – A Dutch expedition bombards Banda Aceh; this is the opening salvo of the Aceh War

10 April 1815 – Mount Tambora, on the island of Sumbawa, erupts, leading to the year without a summer
18 April 1955 – The Asian–African Conference, an important step towards the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement, begins (building pictured)
20 April 1975 – Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, a large cultural park in Jakarta, opens
21 April 1879 – Women's rights figure Kartini is born; this date continues to be celebrated as Kartini Day
24 April 1778 – The Royal Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences, one of the first scientific groups in the country, is established

1 May 1547 – The port city of Semarang in Central Java is established
2 May 1889 – Ki Hajar Dewantara, founder of the Taman Siswa schools, is born; the date continues to be celebrated as Education Day in Indonesia
21 May 1998 – President Suharto resigns after several months of unrest, ending the 32-year-long New Order
27 May 2006 – A powerful earthquake kills thousands of people in the Yogyakarta region in central Java
30 May 1619 – Dutch troops raze the city of Jayakarta, later establishing their capital over the rubble

1 June 1945 – President Sukarno first outlines his idea of Pancasila, now Indonesia's state philosophy
7 June 1999 – Indonesia's first free and fair national elections since 1955 take place, but no party gains a majority
10 June 2009 – The Suramadu Bridge (pictured), the longest in Indonesia, opens
17 June 1864 – The first railway track in Indonesia was laid between Semarang and Tanggung, Central Java
27 June 1970 – President Sukarno becomes the first Indonesian president to die; he is buried in Blitar, East Java

5 July 1959 – President Sukarno issues a decree dissolving the Constituent Assembly and reintroducing the Constitution of 1945
8 July 1976 – The Palapa A1, Indonesia's first communication satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral
12 July 1975 – The National Monument (pictured) in Jakarta is dedicated
23 July 2001 – Indonesia's first female president, Megawati Sukarnoputri, takes office
29 July 1947 – A flight carrying medical supplies is shot down over Bantul; this date is commemorated as a service day for the Indonesian Air Force

4 August 1992 – Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma win Indonesia's first gold medals at the Olympics in Barcelona
15 August 1962 – The New York Agreement, transferring Western New Guinea to Indonesia, is signed
17 August 1945 – Indonesia proclaims its independence (pictured)
24 August 1962 – The oldest television network in Indonesia, TVRI, begins broadcasting
26–27 August 1883 – In the Sunda Strait, Krakatoa erupts, killing 36,417 people

14 September 1906 – Dutch forces land at Sanur Beach (pictured), beginning the capture of Bali
18 September 1811 – After a several-month British invasion, the Dutch government surrenders, leading to three years of British rule
27 September 1950 – Indonesia joins the United Nations
29 September 1955 – Indonesia holds its first general parliamentary elections; these prove to be the last free ones until 1999
30 September 1965 – Members of the Indonesian Armed Forces initiate a failed coup d'état, leading to a purge against the communist party

5 October 1945 – The Indonesian National Armed Forces are established as the Tentara Keamanan Rakjat
12 October 2002 – A series of blasts in Bali kill 202, the most devastating terrorist attack in Indonesian history
20 October 1999 – The first freely-elected President of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid (pictured), takes office
28 October 1928 – At the Youth Conference in Batavia, the Youth Pledge, promoting a united Indonesia, is read
28 October 1928 – WR Supratman first performs "Indonesia Raya", which later becomes Indonesia's national anthem

6 November 1940 – The first native Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop, Albertus Soegijapranata (pictured), is consecrated
10 November 1945 – British forces launch a major offensive on Surabaya, driving Indonesian soldiers out of the city; now celebrated as Heroes' Day
12 November 1991 – Indonesian troops kill more than 250 mourners in East Timor, turning international opinion against Suharto's government
15 November 1947 – Negotiations for the Linggadjati Agreement, the first attempt at a ceasefire between Indonesian and Dutch troops, conclude
18 November 1912 – The modernist Islamic organization Muhammadiyah is established by Ahmad Dahlan in Yogyakarta

7 December 1975 – Indonesian troops invade modern-day East Timor, beginning a 24-year occupation
13 December 1937 – The Indonesian state news agency Antara is established
19 December 1948 – The Dutch launch Operation Kraai and capture the national capital at Yogyakarta
26 December 2004 – A large earthquake strikes north of Aceh; the resulting tsunami (pictured) kills at least 131,028 in Indonesia alone
27 December 1949 – The Dutch formally recognise Indonesian sovereignty after several months of negotiations, ending the revolution

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