1740 Batavia massacre
The 1740 Batavia massacre was a pogrom in which Dutch soldiers and native collaborators killed ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia. The violence in the city lasted from 9 October 1740 until 22 October, with minor skirmishes outside the walls continuing late into November that year. Historians have estimated that at least 10,000 ethnic Chinese were massacred; just...
