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Jan Pieterszoon Coen
Portrait by Jacques Waben
Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
In office 30 September 1627 – 21 September 1629 (1627-09-30 – 1629-09-21)
Preceded by
Pieter de Carpentier
Succeeded by
Jacques Specx
In office 30 April 1618 – 1 February 1623 (1618-04-30 – 1623-02-01)
Preceded by
Laurens Reael
Succeeded by
Pieter de Carpentier
Personal details
Born
Jan Pieterszoon Coen
(1587-01-08)8 January 1587 Hoorn, Dutch Republic
Died
21 September 1629(1629-09-21) (aged 42) Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Spouse
Eva Ment
(m. 1625–1629)
Employer
Dutch East India Company
Military service
Conflicts
Conquest of the Banda Islands
Conquest of Jacatra
Siege of Batavia
Jan Pieterszoon Coen ([ˈjɑnˈpitərzoːnˈkun], 8 January 1587 – 21 September 1629) was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the early 17th century, holding two terms as governor-general of the Dutch East Indies. He was the founder of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East Indies.[1] Renowned for providing the impulse that set the VOC on the path to dominance in the Dutch East Indies, he was long considered a national hero in the Netherlands. Since the 19th century, his legacy has become controversial due to the brutal violence he employed in order to secure a trade monopoly on nutmeg, mace and clove.[2] During the last stage of the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands, Coen depopulated the islands to such a degree he massacred about 14,400 people in Banda, about 800 of whom were transferred to Batavia.[3]
A famed quote of his from 1618, Despair not, spare your enemies not, for God is with us, illustrates his single-minded ruthlessness, and his unstinting belief in the divinely-sanctioned nature of his project. Using such self-professed divine sanction to violently pursue his ultimate goal of trade monopoly in the East Indies, Dutch soldiers acting on Coen's orders perpetrated numerous wanton acts of destruction in the spice islands of (now) eastern Indonesia, including the infamous Banda Massacre of 1621. The purpose of this was to gain a monopoly upon the supply of nutmeg and mace in order to sustain artificially high prices and profits for the Dutch investors of the VOC. This was deemed by many to be excessive, even for such a relatively violent age. Consequently, since the independence of Indonesia he has been looked at in a more critical light, and historians view his often violent methods to have been excessive.
^Web Editorial Team, Perpustakaan Digital Republik Indonesia (31 August 2015). "Profil Tokoh Batavia". Perpustakaan Digital Republik Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^Khoirul M, Afif (31 May 2023). "Sosok Jan Pieterszoon Coen, Penguasa Rempah-Rempah Sekaligus Pendiri Batavia". Intisari Online (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
^Journalism Team, Merdeka. "Kisah JP Coen membantai 14.400 orang di Banda". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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