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Today in History: European soldiers and Javanese collaborators massacre 10,000 Chinese

By Drooid · Oct 9, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC · How we work

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On 9 October 1740, Dutch East India Company troops and Javanese allies launched a pogrom against Batavia’s ethnic Chinese community. The violence raged until 22 October, with sporadic fighting into November, killing at least 10,000 people and leaving only a few thousand survivors.

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On 9 October 1740, Dutch East India Company troops and Javanese allies launched a pogrom against Batavia’s ethnic Chinese community. The violence raged until 22 October, with sporadic fighting into November, killing at least 10,000 people and leaving only a few thousand survivors.