Dutch intervention in Bali

Dutch cavalry at Sanur. ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).

1906 Jan 1

Dutch intervention in Bali

Bali, Indonesia

The Dutch intervention in Bali in 1906 was a Dutch military intervention in Bali as part of the Dutch colonial suppression, killing over 1,000 people, most of whom were civilians. It was part of the Dutch campaign for the suppression of most of the Netherlands East-Indies. The campaign killed the Balinese rulers of Badung and their wives and children, as well as destroying the southern Bali kingdoms of Badung and Tabanan and weakening the kingdom of Klungkung. It was the sixth Dutch military intervention in Bali.

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Dutch intervention in Bali