Timeline Monday 19 August 1816

Events on Monday 19 August 1816 1

• 1816 Java returned to Dutch rule British colonial administration hands the island back under the 1814 Convention of London Having administered Java since seizing it from the Dutch East Indies government in 1811, Britain formally transferred control of the island back to the Kingdom of the Netherlands under the terms of the Convention of London. The handover restored Dutch colonial authority over Java after a brief interlude of British rule under Thomas Stamford Raffles.