The year 1844 is the year of the British bombardment of the Atjehse coast, in which the British government followed the precedent of the American bombardment of 1831 and chastised the Atjehse coastal population for Atjehese piracy against British merchant shipping. The action is recorded by Ir. J. Frijling in his 1946 sketch Een stukje geschiedenis der Indische Buitengewesten. The same year 1844 also saw the British adventurer James Brooke conquer North-West Borneo with his crew and have himself proclaimed Rajah, an event Frijling cites as a parallel instance of British willingness to act unilaterally in the archipelago when the Dutch failed to do so.
Events of the Year
- The British bombardment of the Atjehse coast — a punitive naval action by the British government against the Atjehse coastal population, following the precedent of the American bombardment of 1831.
- The conquest of North-West Borneo by the British adventurer James Brooke, who had himself proclaimed Rajah — an event Frijling cites as a parallel instance of British unilateral action in the archipelago.
Significance for Atjeh
The year 1844 marks the second foreign reprisal against the Atjehse coast for the failure of the Netherlands to suppress Atjehese piracy. Together with the American bombardment of 1831, the British action is one of the two precedents for foreign naval action against the Atjehse coast in the period before the Atjeh-oorlog, and forms part of the international-pressure background to the Sumatra-contract of 1871 and the Dutch military measures of 1872.
See Also
- Bombardment of the Atjehse coast by the British (1844)
- American bombardment of the Atjehse coast (1831)
- James Brooke
- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of London
- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1871
- Zeeroverij
- Slavernij in Nederlandsch-Indië
- Niet-inmengingspolitiek
- J. Frijling
- Aceh War
- 1831
- 1871
- 1872
Account from Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu
Two English merchant ships plundered on Atjeh territory.
Source: J. Jongejans, Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 37.
Source
J. Frijling, Een stukje geschiedenis der Indische Buitengewesten, voor wie dat niet overbodig mocht zijn (1946), p. 1. Koninklijke Bibliotheek shelfmark 0465 0898.
The year 1844 is the year of the British bombardment of the Atjehse coast, in which the British government followed the precedent of the American bombardment of 1831 and chastised the Atjehse coastal population for Atjehese piracy against British merchant shipping. The action is recorded by Ir. J. Frijling in his 1946 sketch Een stukje geschiedenis der Indische Buitengewesten. The same year 1844 also saw the British adventurer James Brooke conquer North-West Borneo with his crew and have himself proclaimed Rajah, an event Frijling cites as a parallel instance of British willingness to act unilaterally in the archipelago when the Dutch failed to do so.
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 37.
Events of the Year
- The British bombardment of the Atjehse coast — a punitive naval action by the British government against the Atjehse coastal population, following the precedent of the American bombardment of 1831.
- The conquest of North-West Borneo by the British adventurer James Brooke, who had himself proclaimed Rajah — an event Frijling cites as a parallel instance of British unilateral action in the archipelago.
Significance for Atjeh
The year 1844 marks the second foreign reprisal against the Atjehse coast for the failure of the Netherlands to suppress Atjehese piracy. Together with the American bombardment of 1831, the British action is one of the two precedents for foreign naval action against the Atjehse coast in the period before the Atjeh-oorlog, and forms part of the international-pressure background to the Sumatra-contract of 1871 and the Dutch military measures of 1872.
See Also
- Bombardment of the Atjehse coast by the British (1844)
- American bombardment of the Atjehse coast (1831)
- James Brooke
- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of London
- Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1871
- Zeeroverij
- Slavernij in Nederlandsch-Indië
- Niet-inmengingspolitiek
- J. Frijling
- Aceh War
- 1831
- 1871
- 1872
Source
J. Frijling, Een stukje geschiedenis der Indische Buitengewesten, voor wie dat niet overbodig mocht zijn (1946), p. 1. Koninklijke Bibliotheek shelfmark 0465 0898.