Geography Reference
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Table 14-1
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Year
Century
Kingdom or State
Important Events
17th C AD
1602
Founding of Dutch East India Company .
1625
Dutch begin expelling Portuguese from Indonesia.
1650
Hindu princes and Brahmins leave Java for Bali.
18th C AD
1767
Burmans crush A yuthaya.
Singapore.
19th C AD
1819
Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore.
Netherlands East Indies.
1824
Anglo-Dutch T Treaty—British in Malaya and
Dutch in Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).
British in Burma. Burma becomes a province of
British India until 1948.
1858
French begin colonization of Vietnam.
1863
French protectorate over Cambodia.
Burma.
1885
British invade Myanmar and rename it Burma.
French Indo-China.
1887
Includes Vietnam and Cambodia. Laos
incorporated in 1893.
Thailand.
1896
Anglo-French agreement recognizing
independence of Thailand as a buffer state.
American Philippines.
1898
Spain sells the Philippines to the U.S. for
US$20 million.
20th C AD
1927
Rise of Sukarno in Indonesia
Greater East Asia Co-prosperity
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor and the
Sphere (Japanese control).
Philippines
Vietminh formed as a guerilla force to liberate
Vietnam from the Japanese. Rise of Ho Chi
Minh as leader.
1942
Japan conquers Malaya. Fall of Singapore.
1945
Japanese surrender to Allied Forces.
Independence movements in European
colonies.
Burma.
1948
Independence from British.
Indonesia.
1949
Dutch concede independence for Indonesia.
Cambodia.
1953
Cambodia independent from French.
North and South Vietnam.
1954
Battle of Dien Bien Phu. French troops
surrender to Vietnamese, leaving Vietnam
divided in North and South.
1955
U.S. supports an independent South Vietnam.
1959
Organization of Viet Cong in Vietnam.
Subsequent Vietnam War.
Malaysia.
1960
Formation of Malaysia.
Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1975
End of Vietnam War.
People' s Republic of Kampuchea.
Lao People' s Democratic Republic.
Cambodia.
1979
Vietnamese oust Khmer Rouge.
Myanmar.
1988
SLORC takes over Burma and renames it
Myanmar.
Myanmar.
1990
Aung San Su Kyi wins election in Burma and is
subsequently put under house arrest
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