1135 King Joyoboyo rules until 1157 and is remembered for a prophecy that Indonesia would be ruled by a white race for a long time, then a yellow race for a short time, then be independent
1281 Muslims from Jambi send an embassy to Kublai Khan
1292 Marco Polo visits Sumatra and Java
1297 Sultan Malek Saleh is the first Muslim ruler
1377 The King of Palembang sent a courier to China, offering his kingdom to the emperor in exchange for Indonesian protection
1509 Portuguese traders visit Melaka
1522 Survivors of Magellan's expedition around the world visit Timor
1527 Expeditions from Spain try to drive the Portuguese from Maluku
1529 Kings of Spain and Portugal agree that Maluku should belong to Portugal, and the Philippines should belong to Spain. Catholic conversion commences
Francis Drake visits Sulawesi and Java and the Dutch visit Indonesia
December 31 Elizabeth I of England charters the East India Company
1602 March 20 Dutch companies combine to form Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC)
1870 - 1942 Netherlands Indies government
1914 -1918 World War I
1925 - New constitution is established
1931 - Perhimpunan Indonesia is taken over by Communists
1938 - Netherlands government rejects the autonomy petition for Indonesia
1939 - 1945 World War II
1940 - Japanese troops move into French Indo-china
1944 - Allied forces land on Halmahera
1945 August 17 - Indonesia achieves Independence
1939 - 1945 WW11
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1956 - Constitutional union between Indonesia and the Netherlands is dissolved