Portal:Indonesia/Selected anniversaries/May

1 May 1547 – The port city of Semarang in Central Java is established
2 May 1889 – Ki Hajar Dewantara, founder of the Taman Siswa schools, is born; the date continues to be celebrated as Education Day in Indonesia
21 May 1998 – President Suharto resigns after several months of unrest, ending the 32-year-long New Order
27 May 2006 – A powerful earthquake kills thousands of people in the Yogyakarta region in central Java
30 May 1619 – Dutch troops raze the city of Jayakarta, later establishing their capital over the rubble