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Born August 8, 1705 • Netherlands
Died November 1, 1750 (aged 45) • Jakarta • Indonesia
Title / Office governor-general (1743-1750), Dutch East Indies
Anthony van Diemen
Dutch colonial administrator
Jan Pieterszoon Coen, detail of an oil painting by an anonymous artist, first half of the 17th century; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Dutch merchant and statesman
Dirk van Hogendorp
Dutch statesman
Joan Maetsuyker
Dutch statesman
Cornelis Janszoon Speelman
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Sebastian Cornelius Nederburgh
Dutch statesman
Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
Dutch explorer and navigator
Hendricus Sneevliet
Dutch politician
Herman Willem Daendels
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte
Dutch statesman
Godert Alexander Gerard Philip, baron van der Capellen
Dutch statesman
Wolter Robert, baron van Hoëvell
Dutch statesman
Johannes, count van den Bosch
Dutch statesman
Hendrick Zwaardecroon
governor general of Dutch East Indies
Pieter Both
Dutch statesman
Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz
Dutch general
Simon de Graaff
Dutch statesman
Sukarno
Sukarno
president of Indonesia
Ibrahim Datuk Tan Malaka
Minangkabau communist leader
Mohammad Hatta
Indonesian politician