Van Swieten started his career in 1821 as an volunteer and started as a cadet in 1822, in 1824 became a second Lieutenant. Jan van Swieten played an important role as an officer in the Dutch East Indies and led expeditions in Java. Returned to the Netherlands in 1862, and was politically active for some time. In 1873 he was appointed commander of an expedition to Java and Sumatra after a botched local invasion of Aceh in March.[1] He recaptured The Kraton. In 1874 he received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of William.
swieten, johannes, swieten, mainz, 1807, hague, september, 1888, dutch, general, politician, lieutenant, general, 1874bornmainzdiedthe, hagueallegiancenetherlandsservice, branchroyal, dutch, east, indies, armyyears, service1822, 1874ranklieutenant, generalcomm. Johannes Jan van Swieten Mainz 28 May 1807 The Hague 9 September 1888 was a Dutch General and politician Jan van SwietenLieutenant General Jan van Swieten in 1874BornMainzDiedThe HagueAllegianceNetherlandsService wbr branchRoyal Dutch East Indies ArmyYears of service1822 1874RankLieutenant GeneralCommands heldChief of Staff of the Royal Dutch East Indies ArmyBattles warsBelgian Revolution Dutch intervention in Northern Bali 1848 Dutch intervention in Bali 1849 Second Aceh ExpeditionAwardsMilitary William Order Knight Grand Cross Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion Officer s Cross Contents 1 History 2 Career 3 Officers ranks 4 ReferencesHistory editVan Swieten started his career in 1821 as an volunteer and started as a cadet in 1822 in 1824 became a second Lieutenant Jan van Swieten played an important role as an officer in the Dutch East Indies and led expeditions in Java Returned to the Netherlands in 1862 and was politically active for some time In 1873 he was appointed commander of an expedition to Java and Sumatra after a botched local invasion of Aceh in March 1 He recaptured The Kraton In 1874 he received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of William He served as commander of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1858 1862 Career editSecond Lieutenant in Dutch East Indies Army from 1827 to 1830 participated in the Java War First Lieutenant under Prince Frederik Duke of Saxe Weimar 1830 First Lieutenant in the field from 1830 to 1834 in the Army Captain Dutch East Indies Army battalion Rifles Guards Van Cleerens in Java from 1835 to 1842 Captain Dutch East Indies Army Sumatra from 1842 to 1845 Convoy commander south of Dataran Tinggi Padang Dutch East Indies Army from 1845 to 1846 Officer Dutch East Indies Army in Java from 1846 to 1848 Chief of Staff Bali second expedition from 1848 to 1849 Battalion commander Bali third expedition 1849 Civil and military governor Sumatra s west coast from 1849 to 1858 Commander Royal Netherlands East Indies Army from 1858 to 1862 Retired from 1862 to 1873 Member Council of State in extraordinary service from February 16 1864 to September 9 1888 Member of the House of Representatives of September 19 1864 to October 1 1866 for the constituency Amsterdam Government commissioner and commander to the Dutch East Indies from 1873 to 1874 Second Aceh Expedition Retired as a soldier 1874Officers ranks editSecond lieutenant of infantry from 1826 to 1829 First lieutenant of infantry from 1829 to 1835 Captain of infantry from 1835 to 1841 Major of infantry from 1841 to 1844 Lieutenant colonel of infantry from 1844 to 1849 Colonel of infantry from 1849 to 1853 Major General of Infantry from 1853 to 1858 Lieutenant General of Infantry from 1858 to September 9 1888 from 1862 on non active References edit Kreike Emmanuel 2012 Genocide in the Kampongs Dutch Nineteenth Century Colonial Warfare in Aceh Sumatra Journal of Genocide Research 14 3 4 300 doi 10 1080 14623528 2012 719367 ISSN 1462 3528 S2CID 109783041 http www biografischportaal nl persoon 15813411 http www parlementairdocumentatiecentrum nl id vg09ll9w52tp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan van Swieten amp oldid 1068823734, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
