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Conflict Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE · 24 years

Indonesia's 24-year occupation of East Timor killed an estimated 100,000-180,000 people — one of the worst cases of mass atrocity in the late 20th century. East Timor gained independence in 2002.

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Indonesian invasion of East Timor on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Indonesia
  • East Timorese resistance (FRETILIN)

Key moments

Defining events in the Indonesian Invasion of East Timor.

  1. 1975 Invasion of Dili
  2. 1991 Santa Cruz Massacre
  3. 1999 UN Referendum

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

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Landmark · Oceania

Cristo Rei of Dili

1996 CE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Hebrides

1907 CE – 1980 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Great Barrier Reef

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Papua New Guinea

Attested 1492 CE – 2026 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Komodo Island

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1975 CE and 1999 CE.

1988 CE Bougainville Civil War 1975 CE Lebanese Civil War 1975 CE Angolan Civil War 1975 CE Western Sahara War 1976 CE Dirty War

And in the rest of the world

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

Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Landmark · Africa 1985 CE – still standing Yugoslavia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Kurdish–Turkish Conflict Conflict · Europe 1984 CE – 2026 CE Hassan II Mosque Landmark · Africa 1986 CE – still standing Czechoslovakia Polity · Europe 1918 CE – 1992 CE
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