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Batavia (Jakarta)

1619 CE – still standing

Capital of the Dutch East India Company's Asian operations, the most important European trading post in Southeast Asia for two centuries

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1600 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (1650 CE–2026 CE)

Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Hazrat Sultan Mosque

2012 CE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Figure · England

Francis Bacon

1561 CE – 1626 CE

Trade route

Manila Galleon Return Route

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict

Dzungar–Qing Wars

1687 CE – 1757 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Chagatai Khanate

1225 CE – 1687 CE

Figure · Italy

Galileo Galilei

1564 CE – 1642 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1619 CE and 2026 CE.

1619 CE Batavia 1687 CE Dzungar–Qing Wars 1709 CE Kokand Khanate Wars 1773 CE Pugachev's Rebellion 1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Taj Mahal Landmark · South Asia 1632 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE
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