French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies

French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies
5 June 1806 – 19 August 1816
	The action of 31 July 1811 during the French and British interregnum
Location	East Indies
Including	Events: Kingdom of Holland ; Annexation by the First French Empire ; Invasion of the Spice Islands ; Invasion of Java ; Anglo-Dutch Treaty ; Dutch regained control over the Dutch East Indies from the British ;
Key events	Napoleonic wars
Dutch East Indies	Dutch East Indies

The French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies of the Dutch East Indies took place between 1806 and 1816. The French ruled between 1806 and 1811, while the British took over for 1811 to 1816 and transferred its control back to the Dutch in 1816. However Java and Sumatra were only returned in July 1821.

The French invaded the Dutch Republic and established the Batavian Republic by 1795, and then the Kingdom of Holland in 1806. The fall of the Netherlands to Revolutionary France and the dissolution of the Dutch East India Company led to some profound changes in the European colonial administration of the East Indies, as one of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars was fought in Java. This period, which lasted for almost a decade, witnessed a tremendous change in Java, as vigorous infrastructure and defence projects took place, followed by battles, reformation and major changes of administration in the colony.