The
invasion of Java in 1811 was a successful British
amphibious operation against the Dutch East Indian island of
Java that took place between August and September 1811 during the
Napoleonic Wars. Originally established as a colony of the
Dutch Republic, Java remained in Dutch hands throughout the
French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, during which time the French invaded the Republic and established the
Batavian Republic in 1795, and the
Kingdom of Holland in 1806. The Kingdom of Holland was annexed to the
First French Empire in 1810, and Java became a titular French colony, though it continued to be administered and defended primarily by Dutch personnel.