Asian countries that have been colonized by Netherlands?

- Dutch East India Company (VOC): 1602-1800

- Dutch colonial period: 1800-1942

- Japanese occupation: 1942-1945

- Indonesian National Revolution: 1945-1949

- Independence: 1949

Sri Lanka

- Portuguese colonial period: 1505-1658

- Dutch colonial period: 1658-1796

- British colonial period: 1796-1948

- Independence: 1948

Malacca (now part of Malaysia)

- Portuguese colonial period: 1511-1641

- Dutch colonial period: 1641-1824

- British colonial period: 1824-1957

- Independence: 1957

Ambon (part of the Maluku Islands, now part of Indonesia)

- Portuguese colonial period: 1512-1605

- Dutch colonial period: 1605-1950

- Indonesian National Revolution: 1945-1949

- Independence: 1949